Understory vegetation accounts for a large proportion of floral diversity. It provides various
ecosystem functions and services, such as productivity, nutrient cycling, organic matter …

Understory vegetation is a vital component of forest ecosystems and contributes to terrestrial
plant diversity, nutrient cycling and energy flows. Plantations and natural secondary forests …

One of the most important drivers for the coexistence of plant species is the resource
heterogeneity of a certain environment, and several studies in different ecosystems have …

Forest understories play a vital role in ecosystem functioning and the provision of ecosystem
services. However, the extent to which environmental conditions drive dominant ecological …

Tree thinning affects the light environment, which in turn affects the growth and survival of
understory vegetation, thus improving species diversity and nutrient cycling, as well as the …

Traditionally focussed on maximising productivity, forest management increasingly has to
consider other functions performed by the forest stands, such as biodiversity conservation …

Short-interval and high-severity fires combined are emerging as a catalyst of major
reorganization of understory plant communities. In temperate forests of south-central Chile …

Understory vegetation accounts for most of the plant diversity, particularly in plantation
forests, and contributes significantly to energy flows and nutrient cycling. However, we lack a …

The role of temperature as a key driver for plant phenology is well established. However, an
increasing lack of winter chilling may strongly slow down spring phenological advances in …

Artificial pruning is an important silvicultural practice that can produce clear wood in poplar
plantations. This study focused on the growth of poplar, understory vegetation diversity and …