Successful forest restoration requires planting quality seedlings with optimal growth
potential. Thus, nurseries need to produce seedlings with plant attributes that favor the best …

Root development is critical to successful establishment after seedlings are outplanted on a
forest restoration site. There is an array of practices nursery practitioners and foresters use to …

Large-scale global reforestation goals have been proposed to help mitigate climate change
and provide other ecosystem services. To explore reforestation potential in the United …

Many boreal populations of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) have declined in
Canada, a trend essentially driven by the increasing footprint of anthropogenic disturbances …

The planting environment of Mediterranean areas is highly challenging as summer drought
and winter frost jeopardize survival, and soil infertility limits establishment success. We …

Ungulate herbivory poses global challenges to forest regeneration. Deer, in combination
with other biotic and abiotic factors, threaten to shift forest composition away from palatable …

Abstract Purpose of Review Climate change is modifying the dynamics of forests and
threatens the supply of ecosystem services from managed forests. In response, managers …

Effective species conservation efforts require insight into whether a species' extent of
occurrence may shift due to changing climate, habitat loss, or both. The extent of occurrence …

Aim Introduced mammal herbivores are predicted to negatively affect insular flora. However,
disentangling which particular traits (1) developed from exaptations and (2) are functional to …

We investigated early survival, growth, and carbon isotope discrimination of ponderosa pine
(Pinus ponderosa Lawson & C. Lawson var. scopulorum Engelm.) seedlings from different …