Temporal patterns of forest seedling emergence across different disturbance histories

Autor: Elle J. Bowd, Lachlan McBurney, David P. Blair, David B. Lindenmayer
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Ecology and Evolution, Vol 11, Iss 14, Pp 9254-9292 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2045-7758
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7568
Popis: Abstract Forest ecosystems experience a myriad of natural and anthropogenic disturbances that shape ecological communities. Seedling emergence is a critical, preliminary stage in the recovery of forests post​ disturbance and is triggered by a series of abiotic and biotic changes. However, the long‐term influence of different disturbance histories on patterns of seedling emergence is poorly understood. Here, we address this research gap by using an 11‐year dataset gathered between 2009 and 2020 to quantify the influence of different histories of natural (wildfire) and anthropogenic (clearcut and postfire salvage logging) disturbances on emerging seedlings in early‐successional Mountain Ash forests in southeastern Australia. We also describe patterns of seedling emergence across older successional forests varying in stand age (stands that regenerated in
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