Ant taxonomic and functional diversity show differential response to plantation age in two contrasting biomes
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2019.01.021
Abstract: Abstract The increasing global demand for lumber and pulp has led to the conversion of natural habitats into monocultures of fast-growing tree plantations. The environmental filtering model proposes that both environmental characteristics of anthropogenic habitats… read more here.
Keywords: plantation age; plantation; functional diversity; contrasting biomes ... See more keywords
Plantation age, understory vegetation, and species‐specific traits of target seedlings alter the competition and facilitation role of Eucalyptus in South China
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DOI: 10.1111/rec.12499
Abstract: The Chinese government is considering ways to reconstruct Eucalyptus plantation monocultures in order to improve their ecosystem services. However, the effects of competition or facilitation of Eucalyptus on native species during the reconstruction have not… read more here.
Keywords: plantation age; eucalyptus; plantation; competition facilitation ... See more keywords