The ecology, distribution, conservation and management of large old trees

DB Lindenmayer, WF Laurance - Biological Reviews, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Large old trees are some of the most iconic biota on earth and are integral parts of many
terrestrial ecosystems including those in tropical, temperate and boreal forests, deserts …

Acacia mangium Willd: benefits and threats associated with its increasing use around the world

LS Koutika, DM Richardson - Forest Ecosystems, 2019 - Springer
Background Acacia mangium, a fast-growing tree native to parts of Indonesia, Papua New
Guinea and Australia, has been cultivated outside its native environment and introduced into …

Refining the stress‐gradient hypothesis for competition and facilitation in plant communities

FT Maestre, RM Callaway, F Valladares… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 The stress‐gradient hypothesis (SGH) predicts that the frequency of facilitative
and competitive interactions will vary inversely across abiotic stress gradients, with …

Deciphering the distribution of the savanna biome

CER Lehmann, SA Archibald, WA Hoffmann… - New …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We aimed to identify the limits of savanna across Africa, Australia and South America. We
based our investigation on the rich history of hypotheses previously examined: that the limits …

[图书][B] Positive interactions and interdependence in plant communities

RM Callaway - 2007 - Springer
Most ecologists are not card-carrying members of either individualistic or interdependent
guilds, but our perception of plant community organization, and the way we conduct …

Effects of four decades of fire manipulation on woody vegetation structure in savanna

SI Higgins, WJ Bond, EC February, A Bronn… - Ecology, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The amount of carbon stored in savannas represents a significant uncertainty in global
carbon budgets, primarily because fire causes actual biomass to differ from potential …

Hydraulic redistribution in three Amazonian trees

RS Oliveira, TE Dawson, SSO Burgess, DC Nepstad - Oecologia, 2005 - Springer
About half of the Amazon rainforest is subject to seasonal droughts of 3 months or more.
Despite this drought, several studies have shown that these forests, under a strongly …

Tree effects on grass growth in savannas: competition, facilitation and the stress‐gradient hypothesis

J Dohn, F Dembélé, M Karembé… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The stress‐gradient hypothesis (SGH) predicts an increasing importance of facilitative
mechanisms relative to competition along gradients of increasing environmental stress …

Climate-smart agroforestry: Faidherbia albida trees buffer wheat against climatic extremes in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia

TS Sida, F Baudron, H Kim, KE Giller - Agricultural and forest meteorology, 2018 - Elsevier
Faidherbia albida parklands cover a large area of the Sudano-Sahelian zone of Africa, a
region that suffers from soil fertility decline, food insecurity and climate change. The …

Root functioning modifies seasonal climate

JE Lee, RS Oliveira, TE Dawson… - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - National Acad Sciences
Hydraulic redistribution (HR), the nocturnal vertical transfer of soil water from moister to drier
regions in the soil profile by roots, has now been observed in Amazonian trees. We have …