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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"understorey vegetation"”.
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The interactive effects of fire and herbivory on understorey vegetation and its dependent fauna
… and unburnt sites, and measured the responses of vegetation, spiders and small vertebrates. I found that fire and herbivory interacted strongly to affect vegetation, with herbivory limiting the recovery of vegetation from fire. In contrast to the vegetation response, small vertebrates responded to …
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The interactive effects of fire and herbivory on understorey vegetation and its dependent fauna
… and unburnt sites, and measured the responses of vegetation, spiders and small vertebrates. I found that fire and herbivory interacted strongly to affect vegetation, with herbivory limiting the recovery of vegetation from fire. In contrast to the vegetation response, small vertebrates responded to …
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Effects of climate and forest management on the water and nitrogen status of European beech regeneration and understorey vegetation
… of the effects of thinning-induced increases in understorey vegetation density on growth of beech regeneration. <br>It was concluded that thinning favours the N and water status of beech regeneration under the current climatic conditions. However, if prolonged drought periods and warming occur in …
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The functional role of understorey herbs for litter decomposition in temperate forests
… climate variables. In forests, components like understorey vegetation are indispensable to ecosystem stability and ecological function. For example, the understorey layer may play an equally important role in regulating the soil microclimate as the overstorey tree canopy. Additionally, the …
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Thresholds for sustainable regeneration in urban restoration plantings in Hamilton City, New Zealand
… reintroduction. Seed rain, soil seed banks and vegetation composition was recorded within urban forest restoration plantings (10-36 years old) in Hamilton City, New Zealand with comparison to naturally regenerating forest within the city and a nearby rural forest remnant. To address dispersal …
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The effect of introduced Sitka black-tailed deer, Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis Merriam, on the forest understorey plant communities of Haida Gwaii, British Columbia: Pattern, process, and recovery
… the long-term effects of deer populations on the vegetation of the North American temperate rain forest. We conducted two island-based experiments to investigate the effect of Sitka black-tailed deer on the forest understorey vegetation of this archipelago. In the first experiment we used a set of …
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Ecology of feral cats Felis catus and their prey in relation to shrubland fire regimes
… differential foraging behaviour in the two vegetation fire ages. The rodents foraged for longer in sheltered compared to open microhabitats, but this pattern only occurred in recently burnt, not long unburnt shrublands, probably because the higher density of understorey vegetation in …
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Fate of Eucalyptus marginata seed from canopy-store to emergence in the northern jarrah forests of Western Australia: Research to help improve regeneration following shelterwood treatment
… seedling regeneration; that is, leaf litter and understorey vegetation were reduced and ash beds were created. Ash bed production was heterogeneous within sites. This heterogeneity has been attributed to the capacity of low intensity prescribed burns to account for fine-scale variations in fuel …
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The influence of an umbelliferous understory on the parasites of organic apple orchards in Canterbury
… orchards were sampled, one with a natural grass understorey, and two with a managed wild parsnip understorey. Adult parasites were trapped using yellow pitfall traps, elevated water traps and aspiration from parsnip inflorescences. 'Delta' pheromone traps were used to trap male codling moth and …
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The dynamics of litterfall in eucalypt woodland surrounding pine plantations
… and becoming the dominant species in a number of vegetation types. The negative ecological impacts associated with pine plantations now extend well beyond plantation boundaries. While a number of studies have examined the invasion of individual pines (wildings) from plantations into surrounding …