European forest-dwelling bats require complex woodland structures at both the micro-habitat and the landscape level for successful breeding in summer. Particularly, the results from Kharkiv region ...

Eastern deciduous forests represent an important proportion of the US forest carbon (C) stores, and imminent, largely anthropogenic forest changes present unique challenges and opportunities for this ...

Invasive shrubs have become increasingly prevalent in the deciduous forests of eastern North America -- often creating a dense understory that outcompetes native plants. Many land managers would like ...

A century ago, the forests of the Eastern U.S. looked very different. They were packed with towering chestnut trees. But since then, those trees have largely disappeared, and the forests have evolved ...

Common fine-scale disturbances in eastern deciduous forests include treefalls, animal burrows, and effects of invasive species such as earthworms. The remnant effect of treefall disturbance is a ...

The herbaceous layer: the forest between the trees / Frank S. Gilliam -- Nutrient relations of the herbaceous layer in deciduous forest ecosystems / Robert N. Muller -- Ecophysiology of the herbaceous ...

Contrary to what is generally assumed, the diversity of qualitative chemicals among species of eastern deciduous forest trees is high. Qualitative defenses (e.g., alkaloids) that supplement ...