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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Temperate deciduous forests"”.
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Quantifying water use by temperate deciduous forests in South Korea : roles of species diversity, canopy structure, and complex terrain
… seventy percent of South Korea is covered with forests, most of which are found in the mountain regions since mountains receive more rainfall and are difficult terrains not suitable for agriculture. Because mountains are important water sources for cities and human population downstream, …
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The effects of accelerated soil acidification on aggrading temperate deciduous forests: The Fernow Experimental Forest Long Term Soil Productivity (LTSP) Study at 13 years
Many temperate forests in the Eastern US are young and have experienced decades of elevated inputs of acidic compounds from the atmosphere. As a result, I used the Fernow Experimental Forest Long Term Soil Productivity (LTSP) experiment near Parsons, WV to determine how ongoing acidic deposition …
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Wild bees in temperate deciduous forests: how does management affect bee communities, and can we use active remote sensing data to model bee biodiversity?
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2025-12-01
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Effects of drought on the growth of young and mature temperate forests in West Virginia
Recent research suggests that the temperate deciduous forests of the eastern United States may have played a significant role in the sequestration of atmospheric carbon dioxide over the last 100 years. However, little is known about the role of forest management and climatic variability on the …
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Understanding Invasive Species Impacts on Reclaimed Surface-Mined Lands
… region of the US is home to extensive temperate deciduous forests that provide many ecosystem services and economic benefits. However, >400,000 hectares of forest have been lost due to surface coal mining, with most not being restored back to native forests or other productive land …
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The effects of fire and drought on plant-soil feedbacks of a nonnative invasive grass in southern Illinois
… carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycling. Working in temperate deciduous forests in southern Illinois, I quantified the effects of fire and drought on belowground soil organic matter pools, microbial biomass, extracellular enzyme activities, and soil respiration in stands invaded by the C4 exotic …
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BEES IN THE WOODS: SPRING ORCHARD POLLINATORS USE FOREST CANOPY POLLEN
… richness, and crop yields are higher near forests despite their common perception as inhospitable for bees. Inspired by anecdotal reports that bees collect wind-pollinated canopy pollens, we set out to better understand the presence, activity, and behavior of bee communities in early spring …
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Biogeographical And Evolutionary Processes Influencing The Assembly Of Deciduous Forest Plant Communities
… prominent plant species richness gradient in the forests of the northeastern U.S. to determine whether long- term evolutionary processes, including phylogenetic niche conservatism, may contribute to high species richness in communities on fertile, calcium-rich soils. Analyses of the phylogenetic …
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Effects of plant invasions on ecosystem processes: Linking above- and below-ground resource-use strategies of native and invasive species in Eastern U.S. forests
… to soil nutrient processes in the Eastern U.S. forests. Finally, I investigated invader impacts on soil N processes in a monoculture experiment. After two growing seasons, invaders had greater above- and below-ground productivity. Invaders facilitated N cycling via greater litter N input into …
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Firestorms in a mesic savanna-forest mosaic
Forests and savannas in a savanna-forest mosaic are maintained by positive feedback loops with fires, promoting fires in savannas and excluding fires in forests. Occasional extreme fires do however burn into forest edges and cause extensive mortality. So, while our understanding of bistability in …