Linking conservation implications of modified disturbance regimes, plant communities, plant associations, and arthropod communities
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DOI: 10.1007/s00442-018-4292-2
Abstract: Modifications to disturbance regimes have landscape-level effects on plant communities and have the potential to influence organisms at multiple trophic levels. We examined differences in the arthropod community across a gradient of oak/hickory dominance, a… read more here.
Keywords: plant associations; plant; oak hickory; disturbance ... See more keywords
Repeated burning alters the structure and composition of hardwood regeneration in oak-dominated forests of eastern Kentucky, USA
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.03.015
Abstract: The exclusion of anthropogenic fire is a primary factor responsible for the ‘mesophication’ of eastern oak (Quercus) forests and resultant oak regeneration problems. Consequently, the reintroduction of fire is increasingly used to promote the establishment… read more here.
Keywords: oak; regeneration; oak hickory; regeneration layer ... See more keywords
Short‐term efficacy and nontarget effects of aerial glyphosate applications for controlling Lonicera maackii (Amur honeysuckle) in oak‐hickory forests of Eastern Missouri, U.S.A.
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DOI: 10.1111/rec.12619
Abstract: Lonicera maackii (Amur honeysuckle) is a non-native species that has invaded forest stands throughout the eastern United States. This research examined using aerially applied glyphosate in autumn 2013 to control L. maackii in oak-hickory forest… read more here.
Keywords: amur honeysuckle; maackii; oak hickory; lonicera maackii ... See more keywords