Grassification of understoreys in European temperate forests – Implications for tree regeneration and future canopy dynamics Ghent University
Tree regeneration is one of the key processes underlying forest dynamics. In temperate forests, growing conditions for tree regeneration are strongly determined by understorey vegetation, which can act as a ‘filter’ for juvenile trees through competition for available resources. In the future, this understorey filter is expected to change due to multiple global change drivers, such as climate warming or changes in forest management. We ...