Evaluating Short-Term Impacts of Forest Management and Microsite Conditions on Understory Vegetation in Temperate Fir-Beech Forests: Floristic, Ecological, and Trait-Based Perspective

Forest understory vegetation is more related to soil than to climate towards the cold distribution margin of European beech

(2019) Robert Weigel et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Early responses of biodiversity indicators to various thinning treatments in mountain beech forests

(2018) F Lombardi et al.   iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry

Initial understory vegetation responses following different forest management intensities in Illyrian beech forests

(2018) Janez Kermavnar et al.   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

Initial understory response to experimental silvicultural treatments in a temperate oak-dominated forest

(2018) Flóra Tinya et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Effect of forest stand management on species composition, structural diversity, and productivity in the temperate zone of Europe

(2017) Jochen Dieler et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Divergent response of European beech, silver fir and Norway spruce advance regeneration to increased light levels following natural disturbance

(2017) Matjaž Čater et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Herb layer in silver fir – beech forests in the western Pyrenees: Does management affect species diversity?

(2017) Vlatka Horvat et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Overstorey dynamics controls plant diversity in age-class temperate forests

(2017) Karol Ujházy et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Effects of disturbance frequency and severity on plant traits: An assessment across a temperate flora

(2017) Tomáš Herben et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Predicting habitat affinities of plant species using commonly measured functional traits

(2017) Bill Shipley et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Forest disturbances under climate change

(2017) Rupert Seidl et al.   Nature Climate Change

Salvage-Logging after Windstorm Leads to Structural and Functional Homogenization of Understory Layer and Delayed Spruce Tree Recovery in Tatra Mts., Slovakia

(2017) Zuzana Michalová et al.   Forests

Differential short-term response of functional groups to a change in forest management in a temperate forest

(2016) Maarten de Groot et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Challenges facing gap-based silviculture and possible solutions for mesic northern forests in North America

(2016) Christel C. Kern et al.   FORESTRY

Driving mechanisms of overstorey–understorey diversity relationships in European forests

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

Environmental drivers of the composition and diversity of the herb layer in mixed temperate forests in Hungary

(2016) Sára Márialigeti et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Effects of different silvicultural measures on plant diversity – the case of the Illyrian Fagus sylvatica habitat type (Natura 2000)

(2016) L Kutnar et al.   iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry

Compositional stability of boreal understorey vegetation after overstorey harvesting across a riparian ecotone

(2015) Rebecca L. MacDonald et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Variation in irradiance, soil features and regeneration patterns in experimental forest canopy gaps

(2015) Urša Vilhar et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

Using Lidar Data to Analyse Sinkhole Characteristics Relevant for Understory Vegetation under Forest Cover—Case Study of a High Karst Area in the Dinaric Mountains

(2015) Milan Kobal et al.   PLoS One

Trait–environment relationships remain strong despite 50 years of trait compositional change in temperate forests

(2014) Kathryn L. Amatangelo et al.   ECOLOGY

Gap size and position influence variable response of Fagus sylvatica L. and Abies alba Mill.

(2014) Matjaž Čater et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

REVIEW: Can retention forestry help conserve biodiversity? A meta-analysis

(2014) Katja Fedrowitz et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Functional diversity of ground-layer plant communities in old-growth and managed northern hardwood forests

(2013) Francesco M. Sabatini et al.   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

High plant species richness indicates management-related disturbances rather than the conservation status of forests

(2013) Steffen Boch et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Specific leaf area responses to environmental gradients through space and time

(2013) John M. Dwyer et al.   ECOLOGY

A meta-analysis of the effect of forest management for timber on understory plant species diversity in temperate forests

(2013) Marlyse C. Duguid et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Gap recruitment and partitioning in an old-growth beech forest of the Dinaric Mountains: Influences of light regime, herb competition and browsing

(2012) Jurij Diaci et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Changes in diversity of the mountain beech forest herb layer as a function of the forest management method

(2012) Tomasz Durak   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Effects of small canopy gaps on boreal mixedwood understory vegetation dynamics

(2011) L. Grandpré et al.   COMMUNITY ECOLOGY

Compositional stability and diversity of vascular plant communities following logging disturbance in Appalachian forests

(2011) R. Travis Belote et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

The roles of environmental filtering and colonization in the fine-scale spatial patterning of ground-layer plant communities in north temperate deciduous forests

(2011) Julia I. Burton et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Seed dispersal distance is more strongly correlated with plant height than with seed mass

(2011) Fiona J. Thomson et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Biodiversity Differences between Managed and Unmanaged Forests: Meta-Analysis of Species Richness in Europe

(2010) YOAN PAILLET et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

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

(2010) Samuel F. Bartels et al.   ECOLOGY

A distance-based framework for measuring functional diversity from multiple traits

(2010) Etienne Laliberté et al.   ECOLOGY

Change within and among forest communities: the influence of historic disturbance, environmental gradients, and community attributes

(2009) Windy A. Bunn et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Air humidity, soil moisture and soil chemistry as determinants of the herb layer composition in European beech forests

(2009) Christoph Leuschner et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Plant species diversity in Mediterranean old-growth forests: A case study from central Italy

(2009) S. Burrascano et al.   PLANT BIOSYSTEMS

Selection harvest in temperate deciduous forests: impact on herb layer richness and composition

(2008) Goddert von Oheimb et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

NEW MULTIDIMENSIONAL FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY INDICES FOR A MULTIFACETED FRAMEWORK IN FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

(2008) Sébastien Villéger et al.   ECOLOGY

The LEDA Traitbase: a database of life-history traits of the Northwest European flora

(2008) M. Kleyer et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY