Probability of tree seedling establishment changes across a forest-old field edge gradient

Probability of tree seedling establishment changes across a forest-old field edge gradient.

Forest edges affect many aspects of plant communities, causing changes in microclimate, species composition, and community structure. However, the direct role of edges in regulating forest regeneration is relatively unknown. The pattern of tree establishment across a forest-old field edge was experimentally examined to determine the response of three tree species to the edge gradient. We placed...

Tree Seedling Establishment across a Hydrologic Gradient in a Bottomland Restoration

Seedling establishment and survival on the Savannah River Site in South Carolina is being monitored as part of the Pen Branch Bottomland Restoration Project. Bottomland tree species were planted fi-om 1993-1995 across a hydrologic gradient which encompasses the drier upper floodplain corridor, the lower floodplain corridor and the continuously inundated delta. Twelve species were planted in the...

Patterns of seedling establishment in an old field

Winners and losers: tropical forest tree seedling survival across a West African forest–savanna transition

UNLABELLED Forest encroachment into savanna is occurring at an unprecedented rate across tropical Africa, leading to a loss of valuable savanna habitat. One of the first stages of forest encroachment is the establishment of tree seedlings at the forest-savanna transition. This study examines the demographic bottleneck in the seedlings of five species of tropical forest pioneer trees in a forest...

Experimental Native Tree Seedling Establishment for the Restoration of a Mexican Cloud Forest

The cloud forests of Mexico have been degraded and severely fragmented, and urgently require restoration. However, progress with restoration has been constrained by a lack of information concerning the seedling ecology of native tree species. An experiment was therefore conducted to assess the influence of different environmental factors on the seedling survival and growth of four native tree s...