H Zhu, J Zhang, ML Cheuk, BCH Hau… - Frontiers in forests and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Anthropogenic disturbance has led to widespread clearance and degradation of tropical forests, and tree planting has been promoted as an effective solution for recovery. However …
Invasive mammals exert pervasive effects on vegetation communities in island systems through several pathways, including by introducing novel disturbances. In Hawai 'i, feral pigs …
Natural resource professionals recognize the negative impacts of human developments on the distribution, abundance, and, in some cases, persistence of wildlife populations or …
TR Kuhman, SM Pearson… - Canadian Journal of …, 2011 - cdnsciencepub.com
Land-use history can play a significant role in shaping forest communities. We considered the effects of agricultural land-use legacies on the distribution of non-native invasive plants a …
JF Kelly, J Ray - Forest Ecology and Management, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …
A Terwei, S Zerbe, I Mölder, P Annighöfer… - Biological …, 2016 - Springer
Plants are connected to habitats by functional traits which are filtered by environmental gradients. Since tree species composition in the forest canopy can influence ecosystem …
Many temperate deciduous forests are recovering from past logging, but the effects of logging legacies and environmental gradients on forest insect pollinators have not been well …
S Naiping, W Xing, C Lin, X Yi, C Juan… - Biodiversity …, 2018 - biodiversity-science.net
Extensive fragmentation has led to the original desert steppe soils of hard sierozem to become isolated in the desertified lands, forming the so-called “soil islands”. We aimed to …