Essays about: "understory vegetation"

Showing result 21 - 23 of 23 essays containing the words understory vegetation.

  1. 21. Long-term succession and loss of foundation species in a temperate broadleaved forest in southern Sweden

    University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

    Author : Yulia Bukina ; [2012]
    Keywords : broadleaved forest; southern Sweden; Foundation species;

    Abstract : Dalby Söderskog is an old-growth temperate forest dominated by pedunculate oak (Querus robur), wych elm (Ulmus glabra), European ash (Fraxinus excelsior), and beech (Fagus sylvatica). After being released from a historical management regime of livestock grazing, autogenic succession began in the forest. READ MORE

  3. 22. Effect of Tree-Fall Gaps on Fruit-Feeding Nymphalidae Assemblages in a Peruvian Rainforest

    University essay from Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi

    Author : Sylvia Pardonnet; [2010]
    Keywords : Intermediate disturbances; Gap dynamics; Amazonian Lepidoptera;

    Abstract : Tropical rainforests are among the most complex and diverse ecosystems, composed of a mosaic of shady understory under the closed canopy and tree-fall gaps of varying sizes and age. The light reaching the forest floor favors the recruitment of fast growing plant species and provide food resources for other animal species including butterflies. READ MORE

  4. 23. Kan biologisk mångfald ökas i ett avsatt skogsområde? : skötselplan för Storskogsberget på Holmen skogs marker, distrikt Umeå

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Linnea Forsmark; [2007]
    Keywords : biologisk mångfald; skötselplan; naturvärdesbedömning;

    Abstract : The biodiversity of the Swedish forest has degenerated since the beginning of the 19th century when fire suppression and large scale logging first occurred. Together with a changed land use, these actions today have had a negative influence on many forest dwelling species, due to gradual reduction of natural processes, successions and different structures from the forest ecosystem. READ MORE