Forest succession and earthworms composition in the Brazilian eastern amazon.

Breeding bird fauna in a coniferous forest in the northern Prealps after storm Lothar In a 70-hectare large coniferous forest located on the northern edge of the Alps in central Switzerland, Canton of Obwalden, at an altitude of 1260 to 1550 metres above sea level, we surveyed the local breeding bird fauna in 2002 and 2013 by means of point counts as well as additional area searches for rare species. In December 1999, hurricane Lothar caused two large windthrow areas and several smaller areas with scattered throws in the survey range. We found a total of 48 breeding bird species, which is a very diverse species composition for a mountain forest. In the eleven years between surveys, a decline in distribution or abundance was recorded for four species, while seven species showed an increase; a further four species showed no change. For the remaining species, the data sets were too small to reliably estimate changes. A comparison with forest structure data provided by the Swiss Federal Institute of Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL revealed that for five bird species, the changes in distribution or abundance could be explained at least partially by forest succession. In order to obtain realistic distribution and abundance values in this kind of breeding bird survey, it is essential to collect large enough samples and to consider the detection probability of each individual species using appropriate statistical methods.

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of The relationship between tree biodiversity and biomass dynamics changes with tropical forest succession.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.718483711.793503150 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Ferdinando Boero ◽

Valeriano Parravicini

Keyword(s):

Tropical Forest ◽

Forest Succession ◽

Biomass Dynamics ◽

The Relationship

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Uniting niche differentiation and dispersal limitation predicts tropical forest succession

Trends in Ecology & Evolution ◽

10.1016/j.tree.2021.04.001 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Daisy H. Dent ◽

Sergio Estrada-Villegas

Keyword(s):

Tropical Forest ◽

Forest Succession ◽

Dispersal Limitation ◽

Niche Differentiation

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Evaluating Plantation Forest vs. Natural Forest Regeneration for Biodiversity Enhancement in Hong Kong

Forests ◽

10.3390/f12050593 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (5) ◽

pp. 593

Author(s):

Janet E. Nichol ◽

Sawaid Abbas

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Species Richness ◽

Forest Regeneration ◽

Forest Succession ◽

Natural Forest ◽

Plantation Forestry ◽

Aerial Photographs ◽

Continuous Increase ◽

Natural Forest Regeneration ◽

Spatio Temporal

Global trends predict a continuous increase in the proportion of forest occupied by plantations up to the end of the 21st century, while a dramatic loss of biodiversity is foreseen as a result of anthropogenic exploitation and climate change. This study compares the role and performance of plantation policies in Hong Kong, with natural regeneration of secondary forest, using detailed spatio-temporal data extracted from a previous study. The study extends over a 70-year period from 1945 to 2014 using aerial photographs and satellite images of five time periods to document spatio-temporal trends in plantation forestry and natural forest succession. Field data on species richness and woody biomass at different stages of forest succession are compared with available data from plantations in the same study area. Results indicate that plantation forests support relatively few native species in the understory, with much lower species richness than naturally regenerated forest, even after 6 to 7 decades. Time-sequential maps of habitat change show that natural forest succession from barren grassy hillsides, progressed at an annual rate of 7.8%, from only 0.2% of the landscape post WWII, to over 37% today. Plantation forestry on the other hand has been less successful, and has even acted as a barrier to natural forest regeneration, as mono-cultural plantations from the late 1960s to 1980s are still plantations today, whereas other similar areas have succeeded naturally to forest. The theory of plantations acting as a nurse crop for a woody native understory is not supported, as Pinus massoniana plantations, destroyed by two deadly nematodes during the 1970s, apparently had no woody understory, as they were seen to have reverted to grassland in 1989 and are still mainly grassland today.

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Synthesizing published knowledge of boreal forest cover change for large-scale landscape dynamics modelling

The Forestry Chronicle ◽

10.5558/tfc79132-1 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 79 (1) ◽

pp. 132-146 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Dennis Yemshanov ◽

Ajith H Perera

Keyword(s):

Boreal Forest ◽

Large Scale ◽

Forest Canopy ◽

Forest Cover ◽

Forest Succession ◽

Simulation Models ◽

Limiting Factors ◽

Sources Of Information ◽

Forest Cover Change ◽

Discrete State

We reviewed the published knowledge on forest succession in the North American boreal biome for its applicability in modelling forest cover change over large extents. At broader scales, forest succession can be viewed as forest cover change over time. Quantitative case studies of forest succession in peer-reviewed literature are reliable sources of information about changes in forest canopy composition. We reviewed the following aspects of forest succession in literature: disturbances; pathways of post-disturbance forest cover change; timing of successional steps; probabilities of post-disturbance forest cover change, and effects of geographic location and ecological site conditions on forest cover change. The results from studies in the literature, which were mostly based on sample plot observations, appeared to be sufficient to describe boreal forest cover change as a generalized discrete-state transition process, with the discrete states denoted by tree species dominance. In this paper, we outline an approach for incorporating published knowledge on forest succession into stochastic simulation models of boreal forest cover change in a standardized manner. We found that the lack of details in the literature on long-term forest succession, particularly on the influence of pre-disturbance forest cover composition, may be limiting factors in parameterizing simulation models. We suggest that the simulation models based on published information can provide a good foundation as null models, which can be further calibrated as detailed quantitative information on forest cover change becomes available. Key words: probabilistic model, transition matrix, boreal biome, landscape ecology

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Variations of leaf eco-physiological traits in relation to environmental factors during forest succession

Ecological Indicators ◽

10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106511 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 117 ◽

pp. 106511 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Taotao Han ◽

Hai Ren ◽

Jun Wang ◽

Hongfang Lu ◽

Guangman Song ◽

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Keyword(s):

Environmental Factors ◽

Forest Succession ◽

Physiological Traits

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Theoretical Overview of Successional Considerations in Vegetation Management

The Forestry Chronicle ◽

10.5558/tfc66361-4 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 66 (4) ◽

pp. 361-365 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

E. T. Oswald

Keyword(s):

Forest Succession ◽

Forest Tree ◽

Vegetation Management ◽

Forest Harvesting ◽

Burning Time ◽

Forest Species ◽

Forest Sites ◽

Site Characteristics ◽

Chemical Techniques ◽

Theoretical Overview

Forest succession most relevant to forestry originates following forest harvesting or wildfire. That following harvesting is most often also influenced by site preparation procedures for reforestation. The resultant vegetation succession is dependent on the type, degree, and timing of the disturbance, the site characteristics and conditions, and the microclimate. Subsurface organs, including roots, rhizomes, and stumps, allow most species of shrubs occurring on moist and wet forest sites to survive burning and crushing. Establishment and survival of some forbs, such as fireweed and bracken fern, are greatly facilitated by burning. Effective non-chemical techniques for providing desirable forest tree species a successional advantage over competing forest species are discussed. These involve different silvicultural systems, time of logging, type of scarification, time and degree of burning, time of planting, size of seedlings, and other reforestation considerations.

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