Search Results - "Haughian, Sean"
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Translating a Species Distribution Model into Management Recommendations for an at-Risk Lichen
Published in Écoscience (Sainte-Foy) (03-04-2022)“…Species distribution models are powerful tools on their own for the management of rare and at-risk species, but their utility as such can be limited if their…”
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Factors Influencing the Distributions of Two Endangered Lichens in Nova Scotia, Canada
Published in Écoscience (Sainte-Foy) (02-10-2022)“…The lichens Erioderma pedicellatum (Hue) P.M. Jørg. and Erioderma mollissimum (G. Sampaio) Du Rietz are endangered species in Canada. Both species are obligate…”
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Log moisture capacity does not predict epixylic bryophyte growth under thinned and unthinned forest canopies
Published in Functional ecology (01-08-2017)“…Summary Coarse woody debris (CWD) serves as habitat for diverse and rare taxa in forest systems. Because the abundance of mosses appears to be correlated with…”
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Short-term effects of three commercial thinning treatments on diversity of understory vascular plants in white spruce plantations of northern New Brunswick
Published in Forest ecology and management (15-06-2016)“…•Understory responses to modified plantation treatments were compared over 2yrs.•Spruce plantations were unthinned, or thinned with no, moderate, or enhanced…”
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Data on vegetation across forest edges from the FERN (Forest Edge Research Network)
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-07-2023)“…Many studies have focused on vegetation across forest edges to study impacts of edges created by human activities on forest structure and composition, or…”
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Mosses for minimalist green roofs: A preliminary study of the effects of rooftop exposure, species selection, and lab-grown vs. wild-harvested propagule sources
Published in Nature-based solutions (01-06-2024)“…Mosses are rarely explicitly included in urban green infrastructure projects in much of North America. Nevertheless, their opportunistic colonization of…”
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A Checklist of the Marchantiophyta and Anthocerotophyta of New Brunswick, Canada
Published in Northeastern naturalist (01-01-2016)“…Specimens of liverworts from New Brunswick, Canada, have been collected and preserved in North American herbaria since the late 19th century. Although detailed…”
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Short-term effects of alternative thinning treatments on the richness, abundance and composition of epixylic bryophytes, lichens, and vascular plants in conifer plantations at microhabitat and stand scales
Published in Forest ecology and management (01-05-2018)“…•Plantation management negatively impacts the diversity of log-dwelling flora.•I tested alternative thinning & debris-removal treatments to mitigate these…”
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The diversity of epixylic bryophytes in relation to dead wood properties and forest management in New Brunswick, Canada
Published in Forest ecology and management (15-02-2024)“…Rotting wood is widely recognized as an important feature for bryophyte diversity in forest ecosystems but forest management practices, focused on high yields,…”
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Does CWD mediate microclimate for epixylic vegetation in boreal forest understories? A test of the moisture-capacitor hypothesis
Published in Forest ecology and management (01-04-2017)“…•Does woody debris (WD) acts as a moisture capacitor for epixylic plants?•We recorded moisture on WD & ground over 1year in open & closed canopy.•WD did not…”
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Microclimate differences above ground-layer vegetation in lichen-dominated pine forests of north-central British Columbia
Published in Agricultural and forest meteorology (15-02-2018)“…•Do patterns of understory microclimate correspond with dominant vegetation?•We measured RH & temperature above lichen, feathermoss, & vascular plant…”
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Differing responses of native and non-native slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) to local vegetation structure and landscape composition in cool-temperate forested wetlands
Published in Biological invasions (01-09-2023)“…Slugs are fungivores, herbivores, carnivores and decomposers that provide important ecosystem services and disservices in natural and disturbed habitats. Our…”
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On the Distribution and Habitat of Fuscopannaria leucosticta in New Brunswick, Canada
Published in Écoscience (Sainte-Foy) (03-04-2019)“…Fuscopannaria leucosticta is a rare lichen that exhibits an apparent specificity for old wet forests in eastern Canada, and may, consequently, be sensitive to…”
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Experimental manipulation of habitat structures in intensively managed spruce plantations to increase their value for biodiversity conservation
Published in Forestry chronicle (21-04-2015)“…Six intensively managed white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) plantations located in three general landscape contexts (plantation dominated, hardwood…”
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