Plant communities have undergone dramatic changes in recent centuries, although not all
such changes fit with the dominant biodiversity-crisis narrative used to describe them. At the …

Forest gaps, openings in the canopy caused by death of one or more trees, have a profound
effect on forest regeneration and drive the forest growth cycle. It is therefore necessary to …

Forests managed for timber have an important role to play in conserving global biodiversity.
We evaluated the most common timber production systems worldwide in terms of their …

Background Temperate forest understorey vegetation poses an excellent study system to
investigate whether increases in resource availability lead to an increase in plant species …

While forest management strongly influences biodiversity, it remains unclear how the
structural and compositional changes caused by management affect different community …

Studies conducted in forests have resulted in much of the ecological theory we build upon
today. However, our basic understanding of forest ecology comes almost exclusively from …

We present new data and analyses revealing fundamental flaws in a critique of two recent
meta‐analyses of local‐scale temporal biodiversity change. First, the conclusion that short …

The contemporary state of functional traits and species richness in plant communities
depends on legacy effects of past disturbances. Whether temporal responses of community …

Understorey vegetation comprises a major portion of plant diversity and contributes greatly
to nutrient cycling and energy flow. This review examines the mechanisms involved in the …

With an increasing pressure on forested landscapes, conservation areas may fail to maintain
biodiversity if they are not supported by the surrounding managed forest matrix. Worldwide …