Early response of the herbaceous layer to harvesting in a mixed coniferous–deciduous forest in New Brunswick, Canada

By M. Roberts, Lixiang Zhu. 2002

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Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science

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Understory plant communities of boreal mixedwood forests in western Canada: Natural patterns and response to variable-retention harvesting (2007, background): “Often studies have shown that the understory development is related to the structural and compositional redevelopment of the overstory (Nagaike et al., 1999; Deal, 2001; Roberts and Zhu, 2002).”
Vegetation diversity and vertical structure as indicators of forest disturbance (2004, background): “Some other studies have also indicated that the study of species composition might be a better indicator of woodland structure than just diversity itself (Brosofske et al., 2001; Roberts and Zhu, 2002).”
The effects of three regeneration harvest methods on plant diversity and soil characteristics in the southern Appalachians (2005, background): “Recent emphasis on the maintenance of biological diversity in forest ecosystems has prompted researchers to evaluate the impacts of forest management techniques on biodiversity (Swindel et al., 1984, 1991; McMinn, 1991, 1992; Roberts and Gilliam, 1995; Roberts and Zhu, 2002).”
Response of the herbaceous layer to natural disturbance in North American forests (2004, background): “In addition, Seymour et al. (2002) note that certain combinations of frequency and size apparently have not existed in northeastern North America outside of anthropogenic disturbances; for example, there does not seem to be a natural analog for 20-ha clearcuts managed on a 50-year rotation.”
Grizzly bears and forestry II. Distribution of grizzly bear foods in clearcuts of west-central Alberta, Canada (2004, background): “, responded favorably to clearcutting and mechanical disturbance (Haeussler et al., 1999; Roberts and Zhu, 2002).”
The Ecological Significance of the Herbaceous Layer in Temperate Forest Ecosystems (2007, background): “Thus, the degree of invasion by nonnative plant species can be a function of the degree of anthropogenic disturbance (e.g., harvesting [ Roberts and Zhu 2002 ] or atmospheric deposition of pollutants [Gilliam 2006]).”
Responses of ground flora to a gradient of harvest intensity in the Missouri Ozarks (2006, background): “…to the ground flora (Bormann and Likens, 1979), few studies have examined how and to what extent the ground flora responds to the entire disturbance intensity gradient that is inherent in different regeneration methods (Roberts and Gilliam, 1995; Hammond et al., 1998; Roberts and Zhu, 2002).”
INITIAL RESPONSES OF FOREST UNDERSTORIES TO VARYING LEVELS AND PATTERNS OF GREEN-TREE RETENTION (2005, background): “…residual overstory trees on understory, early responses of vegetation to harvest will also be affected by patterns of soil disturbance, physical damage, and burial by logging slash (Halpern 1988, McInnis and Roberts 1994, 1995, Roberts and Gilliam 1995, Scherer et al. 2000, Roberts and Zhu 2002).”
Canopy effects on vegetation caused by harvesting and regeneration treatments (2010, background): “While the proportional cover of late successional species drops relative to undisturbed conditions in these ecosystems, the early successional species, not surprisingly, gain importance following disturbances, i.e. harvest cuttings (see also Roberts and Zhu 2002).”
Bryophytes as potential indicators of forest integrity (2007, background): “Roberts and Zhu, 2002 ), bryophyte responses are variable.”