Oak cover types comprise half of the forestlands in the eastern United States. There is a
great desire to sustain these highly valued forests. Unfortunately, reports of the successional …

Descriptions of amphibian habitat, both aquatic and terrestrial, often include plants as
characteristics but seldom is it understood whether and how those plants affect amphibian …

Following a request from EFSA, the Panel on Plant Protection Products and their Residues
developed an opinion on the science to support the potential development of a risk …

The input of senescent terrestrial leaf litter into soil and aquatic ecosystems is one of the
most massive cyclic subsidies on Earth, particularly within forested ecosystems. For …

Phototrophic microbes, also known as micro‐algae, display a high abundance in many
terrestrial surface soils. They contribute to atmospheric carbon dioxide fluxes through their …

Human activities, invasive species and climate change have altered the composition of
native forest plant communities in North America. These changes have, in turn, altered the …

The long history of fire in North America spans millennia and is recognized as an important
driver in the widespread and long-term dominance of oak species and oak natural …

Spatial and environmental processes influence species composition at distinct scales.
Previous studies suggested that the distribution of larval anurans at the landscape-scale is …

Managing habitats for the benefit of native fauna is a priority for many government and
private agencies. Often, these agencies view nonnative plants as a threat to wildlife habitat …

Aquatic consumers exhibit many types of inducible phenotypic responses to variation in
resource quantity and quality. Leaf litter constitutes a primary resource in freshwater …