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Margot Vanhellemont
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Correction to: Phytomining to re-establish phosphorus-poor soil conditions for nature restoration on former agricultural land
In the published version, the author names were presented incorrectly. The forenames and surnames were switched for everyone, except for Michael P Perring.
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Phytomining to re-establish phosphorus-poor soil conditions for nature restoration on former agricultural land
To restore species-rich grasslands on former agricultural land, typically phosphorus-poor soil conditions need to be re-established. Here we assess the potential of phosphorus extraction by biomass production,...
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Context-Dependency of Agricultural Legacies in Temperate Forest Soils
Anthropogenic activities have affected forests for centuries, leading to persistent legacies. Observations of agricultural legacies on forest soil properties have been site specific and contrasting. Sites and ...
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Tree species diversity indirectly affects nutrient cycling through the shrub layer and its high-quality litter
Tree species effects on biogeochemical cycles are well studied, but the interactive effects of tree species in mixtures remain poorly understood. We studied how tree species identity and species diversity affe...
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A million and more trees for science
TreeDivNet is the largest network of biodiversity experiments worldwide, but needs to expand. We encourage colleagues to establish new experiments on the relation between tree species diversity and forest ecos...
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Open AccessContributions of a global network of tree diversity experiments to sustainable forest plantations
The area of forest plantations is increasing worldwide hel** to meet timber demand and protect natural forests. However, with global change, monospecific plantations are increasingly vulnerable to abiotic a...
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Does neighbourhood tree diversity affect the crown arthropod community in saplings?
Mixed forest with multiple tree species is expected to create heterogeneous habitat and diverse niches for the canopy arthropod community. We assessed arthropod abundance, order richness, and community composi...
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Shrub clearing adversely affects the abundance of Ixodes ricinus ticks
In order to get a better understanding of the importance of vertical forest structure as a component of Ixodes ricinus tick habitat, an experiment was set up in a coniferous forest on sandy soils in northern Belg...
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The effects of sampling method and vegetation type on the estimated abundance of Ixodes ricinus ticks in forests
Estimating the spatial and temporal variation in tick abundance is of great economical and ecological importance. Entire-blanket dragging is the most widely used method to sample free-living ixodid ticks. Howe...
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Former land use affects the nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations and biomass of forest herbs
The colonization rates of understorey plants into forests growing on former agricultural land differ remarkably among species. Different dispersal and recruitment largely account for the contrasting colonizati...
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Spatio-temporal litterfall dynamics in a 60-year-old mixed deciduous forest
To increase our understanding of litterfall dynamics in mixed-species forests, seasonal and annual variations in litterfall mass and nutrient concentrations were assessed for a 60-year-old spontaneously develo...
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Plasticity in response to phosphorus and light availability in four forest herbs
The differential ability of forest herbs to colonize secondary forests on former agricultural land is generally attributed to different rates of dispersal. After propagule arrival, however, establishing indivi...
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Prunus serotina unleashed: invader dominance after 70 years of forest development
Propagule pressure and disturbance have both been found to facilitate invasion. Therefore, knowledge on the history of introduction and disturbance is vital for understanding an invasion process, and research ...
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Factors affecting radial growth of the invasive Prunus serotina in pine plantations in Flanders
Prunus serotina is an invasive species that causes problems mainly in pine forests on sandy soils in Western Europe. Thus far, there have been almost no studies considering the diameter growth of P. serotina in i...
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Does Prunus serotina act as an aggressive invader in areas with a low propagule pressure?
Since most studies on Prunus serotina in Western Europe focused on heavily invaded areas, we wondered whether P. serotina also acts as an aggressive invader in areas with a low propagule pressure. Based on long-t...
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Impact of avian frugivores on dispersal and recruitment of the invasive Prunus serotina in an agricultural landscape
Although seed dispersal is considered to be a key process determining the spatial structure and spread of non-native plant populations, few studies have explicitly addressed the link between dispersal vector b...
