In drylands, there is a need for controlled experiments over multiple planting years to
examine how woody seedlings respond to soil texture and the potentially interactive effects …

Actively facilitating the natural establishment of trees on reclamation sites is seen as an
important step in ecosystem recovery after oil sands mining. We examined the effect of …

Conserving forest biodiversity has become a significant global concern. A change in forest
composition, compared to pre-industrial values, is an important biodiversity issue. In this …

The understory is an important reservoir of plant biodiversity and a driver of ecological
processes in Canada's boreal forest, making its re-establishment following reclamation of oil …

The physical and chemical properties associated with different soil materials are arguably
the most important factor affecting early seedling growth and survival as they determine the …

Climatic adaptations are the foundation of conifer genecology, but populations also display
variation in traits for nitrogen (N) utilization, along with some heritable specificity for …

Understanding how soil processes, belowground plant and fungal species composition, and
nutrient cycles are altered by disturbances is essential for understanding the role forests …

Biological soil crusts (BSCs) are known to affect plants' germination and seedling
establishment in arid ecosystems, but their ecological role in more mesic climates is not so …