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Recent advances in studying vegetation at forest edges
Natural and anthropogenic forest edges are an integral part of the landscape. On-going timber harvesting and deforestation has resulted in an increase in forest edges across the globe. This special issue inclu...
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Conflicting edge influence on herbaceous species in open areas vs. underneath oak trees in forest fragments in Iran
Since the type of forest influences vegetation patterns from the edge-to-interior forest, site-specific edge studies are needed but there have been few studies in open-canopied forests such as oak savannahs. O...
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The relationship between plant diversity and aboveground biomass in managed and unmanaged temperate forests
In face of climate change and global scale biodiversity loss, assessing the relationship between biodiversity and forest ecosystem functioning is essential, but poorly investigated in temperate forests of Iran...