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Restoration thinning accelerates small tree growth but may slow large tree growth in a multi-age flood-dependent forest.

Published online: 04 Oct 2024

Authors: Gorrod, E. & White, L. & Bedward, M. & Hope, B. & Chu, N. & McAllister, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Large tree decline is occurring globally with critical implications for biodiversity and carbon sequestration. Restoration thinning is a potential man...

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Influence of variable retention harvests on forest ecosystems. I. Diversity of stand structure.

Published online: 10 Jul 2002

Authors: Sullivan, T. P. & Sullivan, D. S. & Lindgren, P. M. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Variable retention harvests or 'green-tree retention systems' are important to the management of coniferous forests in the temperate zone. Green-tree ...

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An integrating photometer for outdoor use particularly in trees.

Published online: 28 Oct 1968

Authors: Jackson, J. E. & Slater, C. H. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Construction and performance details are given.

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A review of the pollinators associated with decaying wood, old trees and tree wounds in Great Britain.

Published online: 28 Apr 2021

Published by: Woodland Trust

Authors: Falk, S.

Content type: Reports

This review identifies over 320 saproxylic insects that visit flowers on a regular or occasional basis in England, Wales and Scotland. That represents...

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Competition in mixed stands of Pinus radiata and Eucalyptus obliqua.

Published online: 29 May 1996

Authors: Bi HuiQuan & Turvey, N. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Relative growth rate, mortality and stem form in individual trees in mixed stands of P. radiata (planted in 1975 on a former native forest land) and n...

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Forest diversity promotes individual tree growth in central European forest stands.

Published online: 12 Apr 2017

Authors: Chamagne, J. & Tanadini, M. & Frank, D. & Matula, R. & Paine, C. E. T. & Philipson, C. D. & Svátek, M. & Turnbull, L. A. & Volařík, D. & Hector, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Most experimental evidence on the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning comes from ecosystems with fast-growing plants, such as ...

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Understorey removal effects on tree regeneration in temperate forests: a meta-analysis.

Published online: 04 Mar 2021

Authors: Lombaerde, E. de & Baeten, L. & Verheyen, K. & Perring, M. P. & Ma ShiYu & Landuyt, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The unwanted development of dense understorey vegetation composed of resource-acquisitive, tall plant species competing strongly with tree regeneratio...

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A comparison of evaporation from stands of Scots pine and Corsican pine in Thetford Chase, East Anglia.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Roberts, J. & Pitman, R. M. & Wallace, J. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Transpiration and interception were compared for a Scots pine stand and a Corsican pine stand in Thetford Chase, East Anglia. The Scots pine stand had...

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Biodiversity as insurance for sapling survival in experimental tree plantations.

Published online: 22 Feb 2017

Authors: Peer, T. van de & Verheyen, K. & Baeten, L. & Ponette, Q. & Muys, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biodiversity can insure ecosystems against declines in their functioning by increasing the mean level of ecosystem processes and decreasing the spatia...

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Do we really need to plant a trillion trees? Tree islands are an ecologically and economically sound strategy for tropical forest recovery.

Published online: 10 Nov 2020

Authors: Holl, K. & Reid, L.

Content type: Blog

This paper compares the use of tree islands to other strategies for tropical forest restoration. The ecological and economic benefits brought about by...

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