Effects of Aesculus glabra Canopy on Understory Community Structure and Environment in a Temperate Deciduous Forest

Understory plants in temperate deciduous forests are dependent on a spring window of high light availability prior to canopy leafout. Aesculus glabra Willd. (Ohio buckeye, Hippocastanaceae) produces leaves several weeks before other trees in the same habitat. Aesculus glabra canopy is hypothesized t...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Castanea 2015-03, Vol.80 (1), p.8-19
Hauptverfasser:	Hicks, David J, Taylor, Megan S
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aesculus glabra Allelopathy Canopies canopy effect Carbon Community composition Community structure Deciduous forests Deciduous trees ECOLOGY Forests Herbivores Herbs Hippocastanaceae Indiana Laboratories Lactuca sativa Light Ordination Phenology Phlox divaricata Phosphorus Raphanus sativus Seedlings Soil moisture Soil temperature Species composition Species richness Spring Summer temperate deciduous forest Temperate forests Temperature Trees Understory understory community Woody plants
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Zusammenfassung:	Understory plants in temperate deciduous forests are dependent on a spring window of high light availability prior to canopy leafout. Aesculus glabra Willd. (Ohio buckeye, Hippocastanaceae) produces leaves several weeks before other trees in the same habitat. Aesculus glabra canopy is hypothesized to reduce the spring high-light period, and thus to have a negative effect on understory plants, especially annual and spring-ephemeral herbs. Understory community composition (herbs plus woody plants
ISSN:	0008-7475 1938-4386
DOI:	10.2179/14-024R3