The New England–Acadian Forest (NEAF) is an ecoregion spanning 24 million hectares of
the northeastern United States and eastern Canada. The region is characterized as a …

With an increasing proportion of natural forests being replaced by plantations, there is a
need to determine their potential to fulfill ecological purposes other than wood production …

As modern silviculture in natural forests is based on natural regeneration, finding the most
important drivers of regeneration is crucial for forestry as well as conservation. We explored …

Increased densities of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in eastern North America
cause multiple impacts to forest understories, but few studies have documented their effects …

We studied the effects of agricultural land use history on present-day forest conditions at
large spatial and temporal scales. We used historic forest maps from the late 1800s to …

We focused our attention on quantifying the factor complex of forest regeneration in 423
mature and old stands with contrasting environmental conditions. We recorded the …

Since most studies on Prunus serotina in Western Europe focused on heavily invaded
areas, we wondered whether P. serotina also acts as an aggressive invader in areas with a …

Post-WWII displacements in the Polish Carpathians resulted in widespread land
abandonment. Most of the pre-war agricultural areas are now covered with secondary …

The white‐footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) has expanded its northern limit into
southern Québec over the last few decades. P. leucopus is a great disperser and colonizer …

Direct tree seeding is potentially an economical technique for restoring forests on
abandoned fields. However, the success of tree establishment depends on many factors …