2008
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9385-5
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Slow understory redevelopment after clearcutting in high mountain forests

Abstract: Besides natural tree regeneration itself, the development of the forest understory community is highly indicative of the ecological recovery of forest stands postharvesting, and therefore of the sustainability of forest management. High mountain forests might show particularly slow recovery of the understory plant community because of harsh environmental conditions. We compared understory community richness and composition among three age classes of forest stands in the subalpine Engelmann Spruce-Subalpine Fir… Show more

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“…2). Similar results were obtained in other studies of boreal forests (Kreyling et al 2008). This indicates the driving effect of plot-level disturbance (clear-cutting) for the vegetation changes of understory.…”
Section: Short-term Responsessupporting
confidence: 92%
“…2). Similar results were obtained in other studies of boreal forests (Kreyling et al 2008). This indicates the driving effect of plot-level disturbance (clear-cutting) for the vegetation changes of understory.…”
Section: Short-term Responsessupporting
confidence: 92%
“…Shrubs and herbs contributed more to the vegetation of the former. Similar results are reported by Kreyling et al (2008) from a long-term succession in British Columbia, Canada.…”
Section: Results Of Life Traits Indicator Values and Diversitysupporting
confidence: 88%
“…Tree cutting and fire are two of the main management activities affecting forest understory dynamics (Selmants and Knight, 2003;Ares et al, 2010;Halpern and Lutz, 2013). For example, different methods of tree cutting can differentially influence understories, and a particular cutting method could affect plant cover differently than it affects species richness (Dodson et al, 2007;Kreyling et al, 2008;Knapp et al, 2013). Similarly, plant groups, such as native and non-native species, could respond differently to management activities (Abella and Covington, 2004;Sutherland and Nelson, 2010;Fiedler et al, 2013).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%