LINKAGES BETWEEN PHENOLOGY, POLLINATION, PHOTOSYNTHESIS, AND REPRODUCTION IN DECIDUOUS FOREST UNDERSTORY PLANTS

Ecology ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 89 (2) ◽  
pp. 321-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaku Kudo ◽  
Takashi Y. Ida ◽  
Tomokazu Tani
Keyword(s):  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Forest Understory ◽  
Understory Plants

Invasive earthworms change nutrient availability and uptake by forest understory plants

2017 ◽  
Vol 421 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 175-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annise M. Dobson ◽  
Bernd Blossey ◽  
Justin B. Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Nutrient Availability ◽  
Forest Understory ◽  
Invasive Earthworms ◽  
Understory Plants

The Importance of Sunflecks for Forest Understory Plants

BioScience ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 41 (11) ◽  
pp. 760-766 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin L. Chazdon ◽  
Robert W. Pearcy
Keyword(s):  
Forest Understory ◽  
Understory Plants

Early understory succession following catastrophic wind damage in a deciduous forest

1999 ◽  
Vol 29 (12) ◽  
pp. 1997-2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeff P Castelli ◽  
Brenda B Casper ◽  
Jon J Sullivan ◽  
Roger Earl Latham
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Vegetation Cover ◽  
Environmental Variables ◽  
Growth Form ◽  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Wind Damage ◽  
Forest Understory ◽  
Light Soil ◽  
Major Nutrients ◽  
Understory Vegetation Cover

Early succession was followed in a 2.5-ha gap created by a severe wind storm in a 5.5-ha fragment of eastern North American deciduous forest. Understory vegetation cover by species, light, soil moisture, and levels of several major nutrients were measured in 1 × 2 m census plots 3 years prior to the disturbance. Coincidentally, the storm felled 50-55% of the trees over a portion of these plots. Vegetation cover by species was again measured in all plots 3 years following the disturbance. Species were grouped by growth form, and group cover values used to examine changes in the composition of the vegetation and to determine whether these changes were correlated with any measured predisturbance environmental variables. Given the size of the gap, shade-intolerant tree species were expected to increase but did not, most likely because of repression by the shrub layer. The main response to the disturbance appeared to occur through reorganization of existing vegetation. The value of predisturbance species cover data and limitations of our sample sizes are discussed.

The effects of nitrogen addition on the growth of two exotic and two native forest understory plants

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 2203-2216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristen A. Ross ◽  
Joan G. Ehrenfeld ◽  
Manisha V. Patel
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Addition ◽  
Forest Understory ◽  
Native Forest ◽  
Understory Plants
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