Search Results - "Pettit, Joseph L."
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Resprouting trees drive understory vegetation dynamics following logging in a temperate forest
Published in Scientific reports (08-06-2020)“…Removal of canopy trees by logging causes shifts in herbaceous diversity and increases invasibility of the forest understory. However, disturbed (cut) trees of…”
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Day of year, temperature, wind, and precipitation predict timing of bat migration
Published in Journal of mammalogy (01-10-2017)“…Many temperate-climate bats migrate tens to hundreds of kilometers from hibernacula to summer habitat each spring and in the opposite direction each fall…”
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Historical Disturbances Determine Current Taxonomic, Functional and Phylogenetic Diversity of Saproxylic Beetle Communities in Temperate Primary Forests
Published in Ecosystems (New York) (2021)“…The expected future intensification of forest disturbance as a consequence of ongoing anthropogenic climate change highlights the urgent need to more robustly…”
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Quantifying natural disturbances using a large-scale dendrochronological reconstruction to guide forest management
Published in Ecological applications (01-12-2020)“…Estimates of historical disturbance patterns are essential to guide forest management aimed at ensuring the sustainability of ecosystem functions and…”
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Natural disturbance impacts on trade-offs and co-benefits of forest biodiversity and carbon
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (27-10-2021)“…With accelerating environmental change, understanding forest disturbance impacts on trade-offs between biodiversity and carbon dynamics is of high…”
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Disturbance history is a key driver of tree life span in temperate primary forests
Published in Journal of vegetation science (01-09-2021)“…Aims We examined differences in life span among the dominant tree species (spruce, Picea abies; fir, Abies alba; beech, Fagus sylvatica; and maple, Acer…”
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Microclimate edge effect in small fragments of temperate forests in the context of climate change
Published in Forest ecology and management (15-09-2019)“…•Thermal gradients were evaluated within small forest fragments.•Aspect- and edge-related gradients are the most important.•Edge effect alters microclimate in…”
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Past disturbances shape present tree size distribution in European temperate primary beech-dominated forests
Published in Forest ecology and management (01-12-2024)“…Natural disturbances play a crucial role in shaping forest structural dynamics, directly influencing stand structural heterogeneity. In European forests,…”
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Natural dynamics of temperate mountain beech-dominated primary forests in Central Europe
Published in Forest ecology and management (01-01-2021)“…•Regional-scale dendroecological study of primary mixed beech-fir forests.•Low-and intermediate-severity disturbances were the prevailing type of…”
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QUANTIFYING NATURAL DISTURBANCES USING A LARGE-SCALE DENDROCHRONOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTION TO GUIDE FOREST MANAGEMENT
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Synchronised disturbances in spruce- and beech-dominated forests across the largest primary mountain forest landscape in temperate Europe
Published in Forest ecology and management (01-06-2023)“…•First study comparing disturbance history of adjacent forest types in primary state.•Natural disturbance history was synchronous among different forest…”
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Historical natural disturbances shape spruce primary forest structure and indirectly influence bird assemblage composition
Published in Forest ecology and management (01-02-2021)“…•First study in primary forest linking ≥250 yr. disturbance history to bird assemblage.•Bird assemblage composition was driven by disturbance related…”
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Historical mixed-severity disturbances shape current diameter distributions of primary temperate Norway spruce mountain forests in Europe
Published in Forest ecology and management (01-01-2022)“…•Current DBH distribution shapes are driven by historical disturbance regimes.•Low-severity disturbances showed a reverse J-shaped diameter…”
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Contrasting patterns of natural mortality in primary Picea forests of the Carpathian Mountains
Published in Forest ecology and management (01-02-2020)“…•Overall annual mortality rate was within published range of background mortality.•Plot-level variability in mortality rate was high both within and between…”
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Factors Influencing the Relative Abundance, Migration Phenology, and Roosting Ecology of Bats in the Midwest, with a Focus on the Indiana Bat
Published 01-01-2015“…Some influences of bat presence in a particular area include the geographic range of the species, competition, life history, time of year, suitability of…”
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Pollinator deception and plant reproductive success in Jack-in-the-pulpit
Published 01-01-2009“…I conducted a study of the deceptive pollination system of Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisama triphyllum, Araceae) in forests of west-central Indiana. I focused on…”
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Pollinator deception and plant reproductive success in Jack-in-the-pulpit
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