Woody plant species may act as ecosystem engineers by physically changing their biotic or abiotic environment, resulting in facilitating or inhibiting effects on successional plant establishment and growth. I examined ways in which woolly willow (Salix lanata L.) modifies its local environment on a glacial floodplain and nearby willow heath in Iceland, where transects were established with increasing distance from individual shrubs. Snow cover, relative air humidity, decomposition rate and stabilisation of soil organic matter declined with increasing distance, while ground surface temperature, vascular plant and functional group richness increased, but biomass was not significantly affected. Ground surface temperature was positively associa...
During the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) ice covered all rocky shores in eastern N-America while on the...
Environmental and floristic evidence is presented to show that after removal of the white spruce (Pi...
- On cold and wet sites in the boreal forest, high water table and anaerobic soil conditions limit t...
Loðvíðir (Salix lanata) skipar veigamikinn sess í íslensku gróðurfari. Hann er harðger, þolir vel vi...
Climate change and afforestation efforts are promoting tree growth into traditionally treeless locat...
We examined the impact of Salix lapponum canopies on plantcommunity structure in five sites along a ...
Aspen (Populus tremula L.) and goat willow (Salix caprea L.) are two important tree species in the a...
Abstract Deciduous shrubs form the tallest type of vegetation in arctic-alpine areas and are importa...
Shrub encroachment, a globally recognized response to climate warming, usually involves late success...
For biomass forestry in the inland parts of southern and central Finland, the obvious choice of will...
The relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem function is an important issue in ecology. Stand...
Life history describes the life cycle of organisms and their trade-offs between growth, survival, an...
Current changes in shrub abundance in alpine and arctic tundra ecosystems are primarily driven by cl...
HOW REINDEER GRAZING AFFECTS OROARCTIC FEN VEGETATION? Keywords: bryophytes, herbivory, mires, plan...
Plants interact with each other in many ways. Competition for resources and space is well documente...
During the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) ice covered all rocky shores in eastern N-America while on the...
Environmental and floristic evidence is presented to show that after removal of the white spruce (Pi...
- On cold and wet sites in the boreal forest, high water table and anaerobic soil conditions limit t...
Loðvíðir (Salix lanata) skipar veigamikinn sess í íslensku gróðurfari. Hann er harðger, þolir vel vi...
Climate change and afforestation efforts are promoting tree growth into traditionally treeless locat...
We examined the impact of Salix lapponum canopies on plantcommunity structure in five sites along a ...
Aspen (Populus tremula L.) and goat willow (Salix caprea L.) are two important tree species in the a...
Abstract Deciduous shrubs form the tallest type of vegetation in arctic-alpine areas and are importa...
Shrub encroachment, a globally recognized response to climate warming, usually involves late success...
For biomass forestry in the inland parts of southern and central Finland, the obvious choice of will...
The relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem function is an important issue in ecology. Stand...
Life history describes the life cycle of organisms and their trade-offs between growth, survival, an...
Current changes in shrub abundance in alpine and arctic tundra ecosystems are primarily driven by cl...
HOW REINDEER GRAZING AFFECTS OROARCTIC FEN VEGETATION? Keywords: bryophytes, herbivory, mires, plan...
Plants interact with each other in many ways. Competition for resources and space is well documente...
During the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) ice covered all rocky shores in eastern N-America while on the...
Environmental and floristic evidence is presented to show that after removal of the white spruce (Pi...
- On cold and wet sites in the boreal forest, high water table and anaerobic soil conditions limit t...