arboreal ecosystems

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DecayingWood
... Dead and dying trees play a vital role in the functioning and productivity of arboreal ecosystems through effects on biodiversity, carbon storage, soil nutrients cycling, energy flows, hydrological processes ... survive. This is a fundamental part of our involvement in the sustainability of arboreal ecosystems and the maintenance of biodiversity. There are two distinct types of decaying wood habitat ...
www.the-tree.org.uk

Biomes
... to terrestrial habitats (on land). In North America there are about six major biomes. Aquatic ecosystems, such as the ocean, are often subdivided into different zones, such as the intertidal, pelagic ... Rica, this vine is known as escalera de mono or "monkey ladder," and actual forms arboreal thoroughfares for monkeys high in the rain forest canopy. Along the edge of the forest ...
waynesword.palomar.edu

Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University
... , et al. The function of marine critical transition zones and the importance of sediment biodiversity. Ecosystems 4: 430-451. 2000. Halaj, J., D.W. Ross, and A.R. Moldenke. Importance of ... .W. Ross, R.R. Mason, T.R. Torgersen, and A.R. Moldenke. Geographic variation in arboreal spider (Araneae) communities on Douglas-fir in western Oregon. Pan-Pac. Entomol. 72:17-26 ...
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Taxodium distichum (L
... meters (several feet) during the life of a stand. Therefore, its understory and even arboreal associates can vary from species tolerant of prolonged flooding to species requiring well- ... Brown, Sandra. 1981. A comparison of the structure, primary productivity, and transpiration of cypress ecosystems in Florida. Ecological Monographs 51(4):403-427. Brunswig, Norman L. 1983. Personal communication. ...
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