Given the significantly increasing frequency and intensity of droughts in Northeast China
under climate change, it is necessary to understand drought-induced mortality in forest …

Abstract African Oak (Afzelia africana Sm. ex Pers.) is a keystone species with high socio-
economic importance for local populations in tropical Africa. Yet, the long-term survival of the …

Light is an important ecological factor that affects plant growth, survival and distribution.
Carpinus betulus L. is native to central Europe and is used as an ornamental plant with …

How trees allocate their biomass among different components has important implications for
their survival and growth and ecosystem carbon cycling. Data on the distribution pattern and …

Due to climate change and excessive human activities, runoff dynamics of the Tarim River in
northwest China become more pronounced. Understanding the effects of hydrological …

Forest gaps play an important role in tree regeneration and forest restoration in modern
silviculture. Many previous studies examined gap effects on seedling survival, growth, or …

The recruitment of forest trees is driven by both bottom-up processes (the acquisition of
resources) and top-down processes (herbivory). To initiate stand regeneration, foresters …

As one means of close-to-nature management, forest gaps have an important impact on the
ecological service function of plantations. To improve the current situation of P. massoniana …

Low temperature and overcast rain are harmful to directly seeding early rice, it can hinder
rice growth and lower rice biomass during the seedling stage, which in turn lowers rice yield …

Gap-based silvicultural systems are of particular interest in secondary forest management
because gaps are associated with regeneration and tree species diversity. However …