Forest Ecology and Management

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The effects of a moderate severity hurricane on gap characteristics in a longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) woodland	192
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Herbaceous competition does not affect positive tree diversity effects on seedling crown complementarity	151
Recent forest storm events benefit pollinators regardless of windthrow characteristics	137
Interactions of soil properties and dominant tree canopy species with vegetation recruitment within a mine wasteland of the Zambian Copperbelt	120
Composite effects of forest harvests and seismic lines influence re-establishment of trees and shrubs in Alberta’s mesic upland boreal forest	102
Challenges for the restoration of cultural values in UK woodlands	78
Impacts of varying precipitation regimes upon the structure, spatial patterns, and productivity of Nothofagus pumilio-dominated old-growth forests in Patagonia	72
Climate mediates the effects of forest gaps on tree crown allometry	71
Rangewide climatic sensitivities and non-timber values of tall Sequoia sempervirens forests	71
Perspectives: Better managing fire in flammable tree plantations	70
A climate-sensitive mixed-effects tree recruitment model for oaks (Quercus spp.) in Hunan Province, south-central China	60
Changes in wood density, growth, and carbon storage of the main stem of planted white spruce (Picea glauca) after commercial thinning	60
Nitrogen addition alters nutrient allocation and functional traits of early spring herbaceous plants in a temperate forest	60
Forest age strongly influences the functional trajectories of reintroduced vascular epiphytes over time	59
Climate-driven increase in mistletoe infestation in Iberian pine forests	58
Spaceborne height models reveal above ground biomass changes in tropical landscapes	57
Nutrient release and decomposition time of Eucalyptus urograndis harvest residues practices under Brazil tropical conditions	57
Manipulating overstory density and mineral soil exposure for optimal natural regeneration of Scots pine	56
Vegetation structure and fuel dynamics in fire-prone, Mediterranean-type Banksia woodlands	56
Species diversity and stand structural diversity of woody plants predominantly determine aboveground carbon stock of a dry Afromontane forest in Northern Ethiopia	55
The effect of stand age on biodiversity in a 130-year chronosequence of Populus tremula stands	55
Regeneration dynamics in mixed mountain forests at their natural geographical distribution range in the Western Rhodopes	55
Key factors in direct acorn seeding for the successful restoration of open oak woodlands	54
The importance of Indigenous cultural burning in forested regions of the Pacific West, USA	54

Long-term yield and biodiversity in stands managed with the selection system and the rotation forestry system: A qualitative review	53
Ten-year Douglas-fir regeneration and stand productivity differ among contrasting silvicultural regimes in western Washington, USA	52
Tree regeneration in active and passive cloud forest restoration: Functional groups and timber species	51
Effects of collaborative monitoring and adaptive management on restoration outcomes in dry conifer forests	50
Contrasting effects of two hydrogels on biomass allocation, needle loss, and root growth of Picea abies seedlings under drought	49
Terrestrial gastropod species-specific responses to forest management: Implications for Parelaphostrongylus tenuis transmission to moose	49
Trends in bushfire related tweets during the Australian ‘Black Summer’ of 2019/20	49
Evaluating the role of active management in mature Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) stands for songbird conservation	49
Describing a landscape mosaic: Forest structure and composition across community types and management regimes in inland northeastern pitch pine barrens	47
Management and fire, a critical combination for Eucalyptus globulus dispersal	44
Evaluating effectiveness of girdle-herbicide containment of below-ground spread of oak wilt (Bretziella fagacearum)	44
Competition effects can mislead selection in eucalypt breeding trials	43
Effects of hurricane canopy gaps on longleaf pine and upland oak sapling growth	42
Spared from poaching and natural predation, wild boars are likely to play the role of dominant forest species in Peninsular Malaysia	42
Does natural stand dynamics generate an aggregated pattern of canopy openness? A case study in Abies-Picea-Fagus old-growth forests	41
Hazel dormouse in managed woodland select for young, dense, and species-rich tree stands	40
Estimating height-diameter relations for structure groups in the natural forests of Northeastern China	40
Incipient decay in beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and linden (Tilia cordata Mill.): An interspecific static and dynamic material analysis	39
Clear-cutting of temperate forests in late successional stages triggers successional setbacks extending compositional recovery by an additional century	38
Tree species mixing effects on the radial growth of Pinus massoniana and Castanopsis hystrix: A comparison between even-aged and uneven-aged stands	38
Models considering the theoretical stand age will underestimate the future forest carbon sequestration potential	37
Linking plant functional traits to soil properties in tropical forest restoration	37
Relationships between nutrients in the soil and nutritional status of Pinus taeda stands in southern Brazil	37
Forest management affects saproxylic beetles through tree species composition and canopy cover	36
Assessing coarse woody debris by integrating full area sampling and line intersect sampling: Combining the best of both worlds	36
Simulated extreme climate event alters a plant-frugivore mutualism	36
Short-term effect of the harvesting method on ecosystem carbon budget in hemiboreal Scots pine forest: Shelterwood cutting versus clear-cut	36
Laetia procera (Poepp.) Eichler can be included in polycyclic management programs for timber production, replacing species intensively harvested in the Amazon forest	36
Animal diversity in beech forests – An analysis of 30 years of intense faunistic research in Hessian strict forest reserves	36
The impact of age and forestry practices on the wood quality of Pinus taeda L. grown in different sites in Southern Brazil	36
Spatial patterns of vigor by stand density across species groups and its drivers in a pre-harvest ponderosa pine-dominated landscape in northern California	35
How important is Forest Age in explaining the species composition of Near-natural Spruce Forests?	35
Balancing resolution and accessibility: Responding to Korznikov and Altman (2024) on forest disturbance assessment	35
Direct and mediated impacts of mixed forests on Norway spruce infestation by European bark beetle Ips typographus	35
Drought timing, intensity, and consecutiveness have more influence on Douglas fir growth response than site conditions and stand density in European temperate climate	35
Tree species richness and mycorrhizal types drive soil nitrogen cycling by regulating soil microbial community composition and diversity in tropical forests	35
Whole-tree dormant season nitrogen pools for different species receiving combinations of fertilization and irrigation after one short rotation	35
Growth form matters – Crustose lichens on dead wood are sensitive to forest management	34
Signs of rapid evolution in an invasive forest species: Drivers of the incipient neutral, adaptive and phenotypic divergence	34
Microhabitats created by log landings support abundant flowers and insect pollinators within regenerating mixed-oak stands in the Central Appalachian Mountains	34
The influence of seed functional traits and anthropogenic disturbances on persistence and size of the soil seed bank from dry subtropical forest species	34
Effect of species-independent conspecific and heterospecific density dependence is contingent on seedling growth stage, season, and climate conditions	34
Regional variability and determinants of tree growth in Araucaria angustifolia plantations	34
Pre-commercial thinning in Norway spruce-birch mixed stands can provide abundant forage for ungulates without losing volume production	34
Effects of wildfire on bird diversity in a Pinus yunnanensis forest	34
Restoration of tropical montane cloud forest in bracken dominated pastures: The role of nurse shrubs	33
Natural regeneration of woody plant species along an elevational and disturbance gradient at Mt. Kilimanjaro	33
The greening effect characterized by the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index was not coupled with phenological trends and tree growth rates in eight protected mountains of central Mexico	33
Trends in forest structure restoration need over three decades with increasing wildfire activity in the interior Pacific Northwest US	33
Large standard trees and deadwood promote functional divergence in the understory of beech coppice forests	33

On how the abandonment of traditional forest management practices could reduce saproxylic diversity in the Mediterranean Region	33
Modelling height growth of temperate mixedwood forests using an age-independent approach and multi-temporal airborne laser scanning data	32
Contrasting successional responses of soil bacteria and fungi to post-logging burn severity	32
Fine root nutrient foraging ability in relation to carbon availability along a chronosequence of Chinese fir plantations	32
Windthrow and salvage logging alter β-diversity of multiple species groups in a mountain spruce forest	32
Vegetation recovery drivers at short-term after fire are plant community-dependent in mediterranean burned landscapes	31
Improved prediction of tree species richness and interpretability of environmental drivers using a machine learning approach	31
Mapping site index in coniferous forests using bi-temporal airborne laser scanning data and field data from the Swedish national forest inventory	31
Eight-year field performance of backcross American chestnut (Castanea dentata) seedlings planted in the southern Appalachians, USA	31
Long-term riparian forest loss around streams, lakes, and wetlands in ecologically diverse managed and unmanaged landscapes	31
Determining the effects of reduced water availability on seed germination of five bottomland hardwood tree species	31
Fire exclusion vs. a fire-free interval following repeated prescribed fire: Consequences for forest stand structure and species composition in an upland oak forest	30
Mature forest habitat mitigates the decline of an endangered greater glider population through a widespread disturbance event	30
Peeking under the bark: Within-tree densities of the spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) and its enemies in forest conservation areas	30
Understory plant dynamics following a wildfire in southern Patagonia	30
Ecosystem carbon storage two decades after afforestation in Norway spruce and silver birch monocultures and mixtures on abandoned agricultural land in hemiboreal Estonia	30
Declining trends in canopy disturbance across reserve forest landscapes of the northeastern US	29
Long-term effects of prescribed fire on large tree growth in mixed conifer forests at Lassen Volcanic National Park, California	29
Post-fire ecological restoration in Latin American forest ecosystems: Insights and lessons from the last two decades	29
Wildfire interactions with recruitment of giant sequoia in experimental canopy gaps	29
Can tree-rings inform assisted migration? Revisiting provenance trials across Atlantic Canada to compare local adaptation between red spruce populations	29
Hydrologic and suspended sediment effects of forest roads using field and DHSVM modelling studies	29
Rapid growth in clonal Juglans nigra L. is most closely associated with early foliation, robust branch architecture, and protandry	29
Increased drought mortality in fast-growing silver fir trees in the Black Forest	29
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Structure, survival, and species diversity in a tropical dry forest submitted to coppicing	29
How do harvesting methods applied in continuous-cover forestry and rotation forest management impact soil carbon storage and degradability in boreal Scots pine forests?	28
Spatial heterogeneity of throughfall and its contributions to the variability in near-surface soil water-content in semiarid mountains of China	28
Temporal dynamics of liana communities in moist semi-deciduous forest stands with different management histories in Ghana	28
Development and preliminary application of a Nature Value index to identify High Nature Value forests in the Republic of Ireland	28
Destructive selective logging in tropical forests causes soil carbon loss through forest degradation and soil redox change	28
Certified forest management and conservation of medium and large-sized mammals: biodiversity, trampling, browsing and seed removal in the Argentine Austral Yungas	28
Precipitation declines influence the understory patterns in Nothofagus pumilio old-growth forests in northwestern Patagonia	28
Fire-excluded and frequently burned longleaf pine forests have contrasting soil microbial communities	27
Simultaneous estimation of Pinus nigra Arn. ssp. salzmannii natural regeneration emergence and survival through lifetime analysis	27
Biotic and abiotic effects determining the resilience of conifer mountain forests: The case study of the endangered Spanish fir	27
Increased levels of forestry best management practices reduce sediment delivery from Middle and Lower Coastal Plain clearcut harvests and access features, southeastern states, USA	27
Characterizing the Spectral-Temporal Signatures of Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga Canadensis) Using Sentinel-2 Satellite Images and Phenology Modelling	27
Cork harvest planning and climate: High air humidity favors availability of airborne inoculum of Diplodia corticola	27
Four-year study of arthropod taxonomic and functional responses to a forest wildfire: Epigeic ants and spiders are affected differently	27
Worse off on purpose: An economic analysis of deliberate forest degradation	27
Response of the soil microbial communities to forest ground cover manipulation in a boreal forest	27
A watershed-scale evapotranspiration model considering forest type, stand parameters, and climate factors	27
Effects of habitat disturbance and rainfall on a dominant medicinal dry forest tree	27
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The dark side of nursery photoperiod reduction on summer plantation performance of a temperate conifer: High winter mortality mediated by reduced seedling carbohydrate and nitrogen storage	26
Mind the gaps: Comparison of representative vs opportunistic assessment of tree regeneration in Central European beech forests	26
Preferences of avian seed-hoarders in advance of potential American chestnut reintroduction	26
Larger hardwood trees benefit from removing Rhododendron maximum following Tsuga canadensis mortality	26
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Effects of initial spacing and species mix on stand developmental patterns in two field trials in central Oregon	26
Why this special issue is focused on the high elevation five-needle white pines	26
The response of bats to dispersed retention of broad-leaved trees in harvested conifer plantations in Hokkaido, northern Japan	26
Harvest impacts to stand development and soil properties across soil textures: 25-year response of the aspen Lake States LTSP installations	25
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Light and regeneration patterns following silvicultural gap establishment in Quercus dominated stands of the northern Cumberland Plateau, USA	25
Optimizing height measurement for the long-term forest experiments in Sweden	25
Density effects on growth and dominance in pure and mixed stands of red alder and western hemlock in western Oregon	25
Stable background tree mortality in mature and old-growth forests in western Washington (NW USA)	25
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) nutritional carrying capacity over two decades after exclusion	25
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Effect of thinning on growth and shape of Castanea sativa adult tree plantations for timber production in Chile	25
Atlantic Forest recovery after long-term eucalyptus plantations: The role of zoochoric and shade-tolerant tree species on carbon stock	25
Spread rates do not necessarily predict outbreak dynamics in a broadly distributed invasive insect	25
White-headed woodpecker nesting habitat at multiple spatial scales: Are habitat preferences adaptive?	25
Land-use history, fire regime, and large-mammal herbivory affect deer-preferred plant diversity in longleaf pine woodlands	25
A decade of diversity and forest structure: Post-logging patterns across life stages in an Afrotropical forest	25
The splash of a single water drop on selected coniferous plants	25
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Woody debris structures on large clearcut openings: Oases for small mustelids and prey species?	24
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Welcoming new editors for Forest Ecology and Management!	24
Editorial: Recent trends in the publishing profile of Forest Ecology and Management	24
Performance of seedlings of four coniferous species planted in two boreal lichen woodlands with contrasting soil fertility	24

Local and sub-basin effects of timber harvests on stream macroinvertebrates in Hinkle Creek watershed	24
Density-dependent dynamics help explain the simultaneous expansion and decline of woodlands in the western US	24
Shelterwood harvests promote high breeding bird diversity and shrubland species for less than 10 years in hardwood forests	24
Snag persistence rates and patterns following mountain pine beetle epidemic in the Elkhorn Mountains, Montana, USA	23
Modelling of live fuel moisture content in different vegetation scenarios during dry periods using meteorological data and spectral indices	23
Role of abiotic factors in Nothofagus pumilio forest mortality: The sensitivity of ecotones	23
Silvicultural experiment assessment using lidar data collected from an unmanned aerial vehicle	23
Defensive response of evolutionarily naïve Pinus sylvestris to the mountain pine beetle fungal associate Grosmannia clavigera in comparison to Pinus ponderosa	23
When tree diversity does not work: The interacting effects of tree diversity, altitude and amount of spruce on European spruce bark beetle outbreaks	23
Species distribution model identifies influence of climatic constraints on severe defoliation at the leading edge of a native insect outbreak	23
Soil seed banks provide a storage effect in post-logging regrowth forests of southeastern Australia	23
The influence of climate, soil physicochemical properties and tree size inequality on tree slenderness in mixed forests of Northeastern China	23
Common garden study reveals frost-tolerant northern seed sources are best suited to expand range of Quercus rubra	23
Community structure of medium-large mammals across a tree plantation cycle in natural grasslands of Uruguay	22
Tree diversity, distribution and regeneration in major forest types along an extensive elevational gradient in Indian Himalaya: Implications for sustainable forest management	22
Differences in canopy and understorey diversities after the eruptions of Mount Usu, northern Japan — Impacts of early forest management	22
Fire severity in endangered Araucaria-Nothofagus forests: Variable regeneration success dependent on regeneration strategy	22
Escaping the fire trap: Does frequent, landscape-scale burning inhibit tree recruitment in a temperate broadleaf ecosystem?	22
Spatial forest vulnerability profile of major forest types in Indian Western Himalaya	22
Development and long-term dynamics of old-growth beech-fir forests in the Pyrenees: Evidence from dendroecology and dynamic vegetation modelling	22
Effect of chemical and mechanical management of bamboo on seed rain in riparian areas	22
Possible causes for the differentiation of Pinus yunnanensis and P. Kesiya var. Langbianensis in Yunnan, China: Evidence from seed germination	22
The case for stand management guidelines as dynamic as global change: Aspen forest stockings of the western Great Lakes	22
Will silver fir be under higher risk due to drought? A comment on Walder et al. (2021)	22
Taller and slenderer trees in Swedish forests according to data from the National Forest Inventory	22
Long-term biomass dynamics of temperate forests in Europe after cessation of management	22
Perspectives: Thirty years of triad forestry, a critical clarification of theory and recommendations for implementation and testing	22
Local controls modify the effects of timber harvesting on surface soil carbon and nitrogen in a temperate hardwood forest	22
Delayed and altered post-fire recovery pathways of Mediterranean shrubland under 20-year drought manipulation	22
Decomposition rates in late stages of Scots pine and Norway spruce needle litter: Influence of nutrients and substrate properties over a climate gradient	21
Intense game grazing shapes epigeic spider communities of pedunculate oak Quercus robur plantations in anthropogenic environments	21
Forest recovery through applied nucleation: Effects of tree islet size and disperser mobility on tree recruitment in a temperate landscape	21
The contribution of forest reserves and managed forests to the diversity of macrofungi of different trophic groups in European mixed coniferous forest ecosystem	21
Diagnosing pristine pine forest development through pansharpened-surface-reflectance Landsat image derived aboveground biomass productivity	21
Selection rankings of woody species for white-tailed deer vary with browse intensity and landscape context within the Central Hardwood Forest Region	21
Synergistic use of biochar and the plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria in mitigating drought stress on oak (Quercus brantii Lindl.) seedlings	21
A bird’s eye view of ecosystem conversion: Examining the resilience of piñon-juniper woodlands and their avian communities in the face of fire regime change	21
Perspectives: Lean forestry – A paradigm shift from economies of scale to precise and sustainable use of ecosystem services in forests	21
Using high-resolution images to analyze the importance of crown size and competition for the growth of tropical trees	21
Mapping alien and native forest dynamics in Chile using Earth observation time series analysis	21
The response of seedlings and saplings to canopy structure and light in different gaps in a spruce-fir mixed stand in Changbai Mountains, China	21
Beech bark disease does not reduce the long-term wood production of two forests contrasting in age, productivity, and structure	21
Perfect poopers; passerine birds facilitate sexual reproduction in clonal keystone plants of the boreal forest through directed endozoochory towards dead wood	21
Grey alder at the regeneration stage: Long-term effects on soil nitrogen and carbon pools and Norway spruce growth	21
Seeing the wood for the trees: Carbon storage and conservation in temperate forests of the Himalayas	21
Resource selection and home range size variation of Atlantic Forest woodpecker species: Implications for selective logging and conservation	20
Legacy of bark beetles (Dendroctonus spp.) on soil carbon and nitrogen cycling seven years after forest infestation	20
Do nonnative species arriving after native seedling establishment affect restoration outcomes?	20
Wildland fire fuels database for Corsican - Mediterranean Forest stand types	20
Modeling productivity of silver birch (Betula pendula Roth.) combining phytocentric and geocentric approaches in Northwestern Europe	20
Accelerating the development of structural complexity: lidar analysis supports restoration as a tool in coastal Pacific Northwest forests	20
Chronic anthropogenic disturbance and climate synergistically shape demographic trade-offs in a tropical fuelwood tree	20
Structure, environmental patterns and impact of expected climate change in natural beech-dominated forests in the Cantabrian Range (NW Spain)	20
Nationwide remote sensing framework for forest resource assessment in war-affected Ukraine	20
Height growth rate of Scots pine in Central Europe increased by 29% between 1900 and 2000 due to changes in site productivity	20
Abundance and diversity of edible wild plants in managed boreal forests	20
Wood ash application in sugar maple stands rapidly improves nutritional status and growth at various developmental stages	20
Aboveground biomass allocation and additive allometric models of fifteen tree species in northeast China based on improved investigation methods	20
Species-specific coupling of tree-ring width and litter production in a temperate mixed forest	20
Regeneration of an endangered plant species endemic to the remote mountain areas: Anthropogenic disturbance matters	20
Individual tree basal area increment models suitable for different stand structures in Finland	20
Mediterranean beech forests: Thinning and ground-based skidding are found to alter microarthropod biodiversity with no effect on litter decomposition rate	20
Forest resilience and post-fire conifer regeneration in the southern Cascades, Lassen Volcanic National Park California, USA	20
Effect of forest and agricultural land use on the accumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in relation to soil properties and possible pollution sources	20
Variability in soil physical–chemical properties along the root-explored profile in deep Oxisols of commercial eucalypt plantations	20
Intensive plantations decouple fine root C:N:P in subtropical forests	20
Warming alters the responses to light availability in seedlings from contrasting provenances of the mid-tolerant beech Nothofagus pumilio	20
Globally relevant lessons from a long-term trial series testing universal hypothesis of the impacts of increasing biomass removal on site productivity and nutrient pools	19
Natural regeneration of Norway spruce, an introduced species, in and around plantations in Quebec, Canada	19
National high-resolution conservation prioritisation of boreal forests	19
Disentangling the ecological value of tree hollows to wildlife along elevation gradients: The case of southern temperate forests	19
Long-term response in nutrient load from commercial forest management operations in a mountainous watershed	19
Effect of forest thinning on the diversity and composition of macrofungal sporocarps in Pinus uncinata stands	19
Effects of Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica afforestation on soil physicochemical properties at the southern edge of the Mu Us Sandy Land, China	19
Variable selection for estimating individual tree height using genetic algorithm and random forest	19
Cascade effects of forest thinning on microbial composition and function of various tree species and multiple decomposition time series: Insights from deadwood decomposition in tropical forests	19
Diversity-productivity relationships in forests of the southeastern United States: Leveraging national inventory data and tree functional traits	19
Plant functional traits and tree size inequality improved individual tree height prediction of mid-montane humid evergreen broad-leaved forests in southwest China	19
Hardwood mixture enhances soil water infiltration in a conifer plantation	19
Past disturbances shape present tree size distribution in European temperate primary beech-dominated forests	19
Unravelling key factors of forest condition: Multidimensional assessment in Mediterranean pine ecosystems	19
Restoration of the Brazilian savanna after pine silviculture: Pine clearcutting is effective but not enough	19
Vegetation type change in California’s Northern Bay Area: A comparison of contemporary and historical aerial imagery	19
Hardwood mixture increases stand productivity through increasing the amount of leaf nitrogen and modifying biomass allocation in a conifer plantation	19
Forest carbon storage in China from 2003 to 2021: Estimation based on the volume-derived carbon storage model with scale-compatible and tree species-merged	19
Xerophytic hardwood retention promotes competition over facilitation in longleaf pine woodlands in the absence of fire	19
Temperature effect on size distributions in spruce-fir-beech mixed stands across Europe	19
Tree invasions in Italian forests	19
Fire and salvage logging increased recalcitrant soil organic matter and reduced soil functionality in Mediterranean pine forests.	19
Experimental throughfall reduction has little effect on shoot and needle developmental patterns or leaf area dynamics in a young longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) plantation	19
Exploring the influence of tree species richness on vertical structure variability in young plantations using terrestrial laser scanning	19
Mechanical vulnerability of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) poles after thinning: Securing stem or roots is risk dependent	19
Selective logging that occurred decades ago is still impacting aboveground biomass and tree assemblage structure in Brazilian semi-deciduous seasonal Atlantic forest fragments	19
Acclimation of thinned lodgepole pine trees to wind	19
Post-harvest forest herb layer demography: General patterns are driven by pre-disturbance conditions	19