Roles of thinning intensity in hardwood recruitment and diversity in a conifer, Criptomeria japonica plantation: A 5-year demographic study

The impacts of thinning on the fruiting of saprophytic fungi in Cryptomeria japonica plantations in central Taiwan

“…Studies regarding the impact of silvicultural systems on diversity and community have recently grown in number (e.g. Bonet et al, 2012;Luoma et al, 2004;Pilz et al, 2006;Seiwa et al, 2012;Teste et al, 2012;Yamashita et al, 2014). There has been lots of attention paid to soil arthropods and bacteria, and most of these studies focus on forests in the temperate zone (Luoma et al, 2004;Meyer et al, 2005;Pilz et al, 2006).…”

“…High fungal diversity is essential to support the stability and resilience of the forest ecosystem (Perry et al, 1989). Factors influencing the fungal community included vegetation (Ferris et al, 2000), environmental factors (Tedersoo et al, 2011), climate changes (Kauserud et al, 2008) and disturbance (Bonet et al, 2012;Luoma et al, 2004;Seiwa et al, 2012;Teste et al, 2012). Fungal species with different environmental tolerances shift in abundance in response to changing environments.…”

Native tree regeneration in native tree plantations: understanding the contribution of Araucaria angustifolia to biodiversity conservation in the threatened Atlantic Forest in Argentina

“…; Seiwa et al . ). In such environmental conditions, light‐demanding species are usually more efficient than shade‐tolerant ones and are able to establish and grow faster (Campanello et al .…”

“…; Seiwa et al . ). Three of the most abundant pioneer trees in araucaria stands are well‐known light‐demanding, fast‐growing, short‐lived, small trees ( Cecropia pachistachya Trécul., Solanum granulosum‐leprosum Dunal, Trema micrantha (L.) Blume) which commonly establish from seed germination after thinning in recently thinned loblolly pine plantations in the study area (Ritter et al .…”

“…Thinning in young and dense stands enhances understory plant diversity due to environmental changes associated with the reduction in basal area, as well as an increase in resource availability (Utsugi et al 2006;Seiwa et al 2012;Trentini et al 2017). However, it has also been suggested that logging and thinning can have negative consequences on understory species richness by promoting an increase in few dominant light-demanding species (Nagai & Yoshida 2006;Barbosa et al 2009).…”