How tree species identity and diversity affect light transmittance to the understory in mature temperate forests

Effects of crown architecture and stand structure on light absorption in mixed and monospecific Fagus sylvatica and Pinus sylvestris forests along a productivity and climate gradient through Europe

(2017) David Ian Forrester et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Spatial complementarity in tree crowns explains overyielding in species mixtures

(2017) Laura J. Williams et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Tree light capture and spatial variability of understory light increase with species mixing and tree size heterogeneity

(2016) Gauthier Ligot et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Congruence of the spatial pattern of light and understory vegetation in an old-growth, temperate mixed forest

(2016) Flóra Tinya et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Constraints of cold and shade on the phenology of spring ephemeral herb species

(2016) Carol K. Augspurger et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Driving mechanisms of overstorey–understorey diversity relationships in European forests

(2016) Ampoorter Evy et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Practical Bayesian model evaluation using leave-one-out cross-validation and WAIC

(2016) Aki Vehtari et al.   STATISTICS AND COMPUTING

Vertical variation in autumn leaf phenology of Fagus sylvatica L. in southern Germany

(2015) Eliana Gressler et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Crown plasticity enables trees to optimize canopy packing in mixed-species forests

(2015) Tommaso Jucker et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Temperature, precipitation and biotic interactions as determinants of tree seedling recruitment across the tree line ecotone

(2015) Lise Tingstad et al.   OECOLOGIA

Intraspecific variation in flowering phenology affects seed germinability in the forest herb Primula elatior

(2015) Lander Baeten   Plant Ecology and Evolution

Increasing the precision of canopy closure estimates from hemispherical photography: Blue channel analysis and under-exposure

(2014) Anthony Brusa et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Tropical tree diversity enhances light capture through crown plasticity and spatial and temporal niche differences

(2014) Jurgis Sapijanskas et al.   ECOLOGY

Canopy space filling and tree crown morphology in mixed-species stands compared with monocultures

(2014) Hans Pretzsch   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Do diverse overstoreys induce diverse understoreys? Lessons learnt from an experimental–observational platform in Finland

(2014) E. Ampoorter et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

The contribution of understory light availability and biotic neighborhood to seedling survival in secondary versus old-growth temperate forest

(2014) Fei Lin et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

The spatial and temporal dynamics of species interactions in mixed-species forests: From pattern to process

(2013) David I. Forrester   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

A novel comparative research platform designed to determine the functional significance of tree species diversity in European forests

(2013) Lander Baeten et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

On the exposure of hemispherical photographs in forests

(2013) P Beckschäfer et al.   iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry

Polycyclism and phenological variability in the common oak (Quercus robur L.)

(2012) M. Bobinac et al.   Archives of Biological Sciences

Tree and stand light use efficiencies over a full rotation of single- and mixed-species Eucalyptus grandis and Acacia mangium plantations

(2012) G. le Maire et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Do chestnut, northern red, and white oak germinant seedlings respond similarly to light treatments? Growth and biomass

(2011) Joanne Rebbeck et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

CIMES: A package of programs for determining canopy geometry and solar radiation regimes through hemispherical photographs

(2011) Alemu Gonsamo et al.   COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS IN AGRICULTURE

Understorey diversity in southern boreal forests is regulated by productivity and its indirect impacts on resource availability and heterogeneity

(2011) Peter B. Reich et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Lack of tree layer control on herb layer characteristics in a subtropical forest, China

(2011) Sabine Both et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Tree diversity and environmental context predict herb species richness and cover in Germany's largest connected deciduous forest

(2011) Elke A. Vockenhuber et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Is understory plant species diversity driven by resource quantity or resource heterogeneity?

(2010) Samuel F. Bartels et al.   ECOLOGY

Diversity–interaction modeling: estimating contributions of species identities and interactions to ecosystem function

(2009) L. Kirwan et al.   ECOLOGY

Different response to environmental factors and spatial variables of two attributes (cover and diversity) of the understorey layers

(2009) Antonio Gazol et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Herb layer response to broadleaf tree species with different leaf litter quality and canopy structure in temperate forests

(2009) Monika Wulf et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

The importance of niches for the maintenance of species diversity

(2009) Jonathan M. Levine et al.   NATURE

The effect of light conditions on herbs, bryophytes and seedlings of temperate mixed forests in Őrség, Western Hungary

(2009) Flóra Tinya et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Herb-layer diversity in deciduous forests: Raised by tree richness or beaten by beech?

(2008) Andreas Mölder et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Influence of tree species on understory vegetation diversity and mechanisms involved—A critical review for temperate and boreal forests

(2007) Stéphane Barbier et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT