This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The objective of this research was to test the hypothesis that the successional role of a plant population, because of its implications for ...

In order to develop management strategies that maintain native biodiversity in plant communities adapted to high-severity fire, an understanding of natural postfire succession in the target ecosystem ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Successional changes in plant communities were recognized and described well ...

When biologists and land managers talk about managing native warm-season grasses (NWSG) they are really talking about managing early-successional plant communities. Early-successional vegetation (i.e.

Grasslands, old fields, and early successional areas (e.g., areas dominated by grasses, forbs, and/or brambles) provide habitat for wildlife species such as northern bobwhite, eastern cottontail, ring ...

Figure 1: Relationships between planting density and tree height growth, within-canopy radiation environment and intensity of proximity signals. Figure 2 shows that the state of phytochrome regulates ...

Imagine that you have been given responsibility over a tract of land. Your goal is to maintain its precious biodiversity (increasing it if at all possible), prevent the local habitats from becoming ...

Through evaluation we have discovered that some students develop the misconception that plant community changes are unpredictable due to the randomness of the environment. It is important to explain ...

GRANVILLE, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont environmental activists are urging the U.S. Forest Service to abandon plans to log a section of the Green Mountain National Forest. But local foresters say the project ...

A judge has ruled that the Bureau of Land Management’s use of commercial logging in southwestern Oregon violates federal law by threatening old-growth forest habitat. In a recent decision, United ...