ReviewForestry research2023
Forest understory vegetation study: current status and future trends.
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21 citing papers in PubMed.
- Ecological Mechanisms Underlying the Effects of Forest-Medicinal Plant Agroforestry Systems on Soil Quality and the Understory Environment.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Degradation Assessment of Poplar Shelterbelts in the Kubuqi Desert Using an Entropy Weight-TOPSIS-RSR Model.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Contrasting strategies in morphological and physiological response to drought stress among temperate forest understory forbs and graminoids.Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany) · 2026Article
- The effects of climate and land cover on hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) body mass over space and time.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Soil pathogens shift root strategies from acquisition to defense under shaded understorey conditions inForestry research · 2026Article
- Soil fertility context shapes biodiversity-carbon associations across forest strata in a subtropical karst landscape.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
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- Genomic Insights Into Local Adaptation Across Heterogeneous Understory Habitats and Climate Change Vulnerability.Molecular ecology · 2025Article
- Canopy-Mediated Shifts in Grassland Diversity and Heterogeneity: A Power Law Approach from China's Loess Plateau.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Characteristics of Hydrodynamic Parameters of Different Understory Vegetation Patterns.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Impact of Nitrogen Addition on Soil Carbon Components and Understory Vegetation in Moso Bamboo Forests.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Stand structure and plant diversity characteristics of typical artificial forests after natural recovery in the hilly region of central Hainan.Frontiers in plant science · 2025Article
- Tree growth characteristics, soil parameters, and soil organic carbon of highlandFrontiers in plant science · 2025Article
- Effects of stand structural diversity on carbon storage of Masson pine forests in Fengyang Mountain Nature Reserve, China.Forestry research · 2025Article
- Legume cover underFrontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Total soil nutrients drive the enhancement of ecosystem multifunctionality as the succession progresses of the poplar-birch secondary forest.Frontiers in plant science · 2025Article
- Niches, interspecific associations, and community stability of main understory regeneration species after understory removal in temperate forests.Frontiers in plant science · 2024Article
- Light quality regulates growth and flavonoid content in a widespread forest understorey medicinal speciesFrontiers in plant science · 2024Article
- Under-canopy afforestation after 10 years: assessing the potential of converting monoculture plantations into mixed stands.Frontiers in plant science · 2024Article
- Leaf mechanical properties as potential predictors of leaf-litter decomposability.Forestry research · 2023Article
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Abstract
Understory vegetation accounts for a large proportion of floral diversity. It provides various ecosystem functions and services, such as productivity, nutrient cycling, organic matter decomposition and ecosystem self-regeneration. This review summarizes the available literature on the current status and progress of the ten most studied branches of understory vegetation on both its structural and functional aspects based on global climate change and forest management practices. Future research directions and priorities for each branch is suggested, where understory vegetation in response to the interplay of multiple environmental factors and its long-term monitoring using ground-based surveys combined with more efficient modern techniques is highlighted, although the critical role of understory vegetation in ecosystem processes individually verified in the context of management practices or climate changes have been extensively investigated. In summary, this review provides insights into the effective management of the regeneration and restoration of forest ecosystems, as well as the maintenance of ecosystem multilevel structures, spatial patterns, and ecological functions.
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