scholarly journals Origins and Relationships of the Mixed Mesophytic Forest of Oregon–Idaho, China, and Kentucky: Review and Synthesis1

2016 ◽  
Vol 101 (3) ◽  
pp. 525-552 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerry M. Baskin ◽  
Carol C. Baskin
Keyword(s):  
Mesophytic Forest

Three Decades of Overstory and Species Change in a Mixed Mesophytic Forest in Eastern Kentucky

Castanea ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. L. Galbraith ◽  
W. H. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Kentucky ◽  
Mesophytic Forest ◽  
Species Change

Changing flora of an old-growth mesophytic forest: Previously undetected taxa and first appearance of non-native invasive species1,2,3

2012 ◽  
Vol 139 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia I. Chapman ◽  
Kaitlin L. Perry ◽  
Ryan W. McEwan
Keyword(s):  
Old Growth ◽  
Mesophytic Forest ◽  
Native Invasive

Fifty years of partial harvesting in a mixed mesophytic forest: composition and productivity

2004 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 985-997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas M Schuler
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sugar Maple ◽  
Acer Rubrum ◽  
Timber Harvesting ◽  
Red Oak ◽  
Northern Red Oak ◽  
Single Tree ◽  
Periodic Growth ◽  
Mesophytic Forest ◽  
Single Tree Selection

Long-term silvicultural trials contribute to sustainable forest management by providing a better scientific understanding of how forest ecosystems respond to periodic timber harvesting. In this study, species composition, diversity, and net periodic growth of tree species in a mixed mesophytic forest in the central Appalachians were evaluated after about a half century of management. Three partial cutting practices on 18 research compartments and on 3 unmanaged reference compartments were evaluated (1951–2001) on 280 ha. Single-tree selection, diameter-limit harvesting, and timber harvesting in 0.162-ha patches were assessed on three northern red oak site index50 (SI) classes: 24, 21, and 18. Shannon–Weiner's diversity index (H′) declined from the first (1951–1959) to last (1987–2001) measurements and was related to both SI (P = 0.004) and treatment (P = 0.009). Sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) and red maple (Acer rubrum L.) were the two most abundant species in recent years (1987–2001); in contrast, in initial inventories (1951–1959), northern red oak (Quercus rubra L.) and chestnut oak (Quercus prinus L.) were most abundant. Net periodic annual increment (PAI) of merchantable trees (DBH ≥12.7 cm) was related to both SI (P = 0.004) and treatment (P = 0.003). Mean PAI ranged from 4.6 m3·ha–1·year–1 for single-tree selection to 2.5 m3·ha–1·year–1 for unmanaged reference areas across all SI classes. The decline of oak species suggests that only intensive and specific forest management focused on maintaining oak species can obtain historical levels of diversity.

scholarly journals Siwalik Flora from Koilabas Area in the Nepal Himalaya and its Significance on Palaeoenvironment and Phytogeography

1995 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahesh Prasad
Keyword(s):  
Northeast India ◽  
Favourable Condition ◽  
Forest Communities ◽  
Humid Climate ◽  
Nepal Himalaya ◽  
Period Analysis ◽  
Plant Fossil ◽  
Fossil Leaves ◽  
Mesophytic Forest ◽  
Present Distribution

The plant fossil assemblages recovered from the Siwalik sediments of Koilabas area (Darwaja and Chorkholi) in the Western part of Nepal are described. An attempt has been made to deduce the palaeoclimate and phytogeography of the area during sedimentation. Based on available data, Low land mixed mesophytic forest communities of broad leaved semievergreen to evergreen trees appeared to be nourishing around Koilabas area during Siwalik period. Analysis of the present distribution of the modem equivalents of the fossils shows that about 80 percent of taxa have disappeared from the area and have got migrated to other suitable regions like northeast India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Malaya where they have found favourable condition for their longer survival. It indicates a positive change in the climate after Mio-Pliocene times. The study of physiognomic characters of the fossil leaves in relation to climate has been done and based on these characters a well as habit and habitat of comparable taxa, a tropical (warm humid) climate with plenty of rainfall has been deduced.

scholarly journals Notas sobre la ecología reproductiva de árboles en un bosque mesófilo de montaña en Michoacán, México

2017 ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Héctor M. Hernández ◽  
Yasmín Carreón-Abud
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Behavior ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
General Pattern ◽  
Pollination Syndrome ◽  
Controlled Pollination ◽  
Mesophytic Forest ◽  
Clear Peak ◽  
Self Compatibility ◽  
Bosque Mesófilo De Montaña ◽  
Reproductive Events

Reproductive events of the main tree species of a mountain mesophytic forest are described, and complemented with data on the reproductive behavior of some shrubs and herbs. The general pattern of flowering among tree species was strongly seasonal, with a clear peak in flowering during the dry-wet and wet-dry interfases. Shrubs and herbs, by contrast, flowered primarily during the rainy season. Controlled pollination experiments showed that all tree species, with the exception of Cornus disciflora, have relatively high levels of self-compatibility. This is considered a mechanism for ensuring the reproductive success of these species in the absence of adequate pollinators. Melittophily is the dominant pollination syndrome, although others were observed (e.g., anemophily, ornithophily, and sphingophily). Finally, the general reproductive features of the forest are discussed and compared with the reproductive behavior of temperate and tropical forests.

Colonization of gaps produced by death of bamboo clumps in a semideciduous mesophytic forest in south-eastern Brazil

Plant Ecology ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 172 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastião Venâncio Martins ◽  
Renato Colletti Júnior ◽  
Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues ◽  
Sérgius Gandolfi
Keyword(s):  
South Eastern ◽  
Eastern Brazil ◽  
Mesophytic Forest

Correlations of understory herb distribution patterns with microhabitats under different tree species in a mixed mesophytic forest

Oecologia ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 337-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl R. Crozier ◽  
Ralph E. J. Boerner
Keyword(s):  
Tree Species ◽  
Distribution Patterns ◽  
Mesophytic Forest ◽  
Understory Herb

Vegetation-Environment Relationships Among Woody Species in Four Canopy-Layers in an Old-Growth Mixed Mesophytic Forest

Castanea ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan W. McEwan ◽  
Robert N. Muller ◽  
Brian C. McCarthy
Keyword(s):  
Woody Species ◽  
Old Growth ◽  
Mesophytic Forest

Intensive versus Long-Term Sampling to Assess Lepidopteran Diversity in a Southern Mixed Mesophytic Forest

1999 ◽  
Vol 92 (3) ◽  
pp. 435-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Landau ◽  
Dorothy Prowell ◽  
Christopher E. Carlton
Keyword(s):  
Mesophytic Forest
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