Legacies of forest harvesting on plant diversity and plant community composition in temperate deciduous forest

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie‐Ève Roy ◽  
Yann Surget‐Groba ◽  
David Rivest¹
Keyword(s):  
Community Composition ◽  
Plant Community ◽  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Forest Harvesting ◽  
Plant Community Composition ◽  
Temperate Deciduous Forest ◽  
Temperate Deciduous

Temperate Deciduous Forests

Ecology ◽  
2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank S. Gilliam
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Forests ◽  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Net Primary Productivity ◽  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Close Association ◽  
Deciduous Forests ◽  
Human Populations ◽  
Temperate Deciduous Forest ◽  
Temperate Deciduous ◽  
Temperate Deciduous Forests

Given the global distribution of human populations and their coincidence with temperate deciduous forests, it is likely that when most people consider the term “forest,” what comes to mind most frequently is the temperate deciduous forest biome. Although not to the level of their tropical counterparts, temperate deciduous forests typically display high plant biodiversity and rates of net primary productivity. They contrast sharply, however, with tropical forests in the distribution of biodiversity and productivity. In tropical forests, greatest plant diversity is associated with the vegetation of greatest productivity—trees. By contrast, the greatest plant diversity—up to 90 percent—in temperate deciduous forests occurs among the plants of least physical stature: the herbaceous species. Given the close association between these forests and their use by human populations, whether for food, fiber, habitat, or recreation, it is not surprising that they have been well studied, particularly in North America, and thus have a rich literature going back many years. However, for the very reason of that intensive use, temperate deciduous forests have proved to be an ecological moving target, as timber harvesting, air pollution, and introduced pests (e.g., insects and parasites) have represented a chronic assault on the structure and function of these ecosystems.

Plant diversity in a managed temperate deciduous forest: understorey response to two silvicultural systems

2004 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 1065-1079 ◽  
Author(s):  
GUILLAUME DECOCQ ◽  
MICHAËL AUBERT ◽  
FREDERIC DUPONT ◽  
DIDIER ALARD ◽  
ROBERT SAGUEZ ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Temperate Deciduous Forest ◽  
Temperate Deciduous ◽  
Forest Understorey

scholarly journals Incorporation of mineral nitrogen into the soil food web as affected by plant community composition

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanja Strecker ◽  
Annette Jesch ◽  
Dörte Bachmann ◽  
Melissa Jüds ◽  
Kevin Karbstein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Web ◽  
Community Composition ◽  
Plant Community ◽  
Mineral Nitrogen ◽  
Plant Community Composition ◽  
Soil Food Web
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