They discovered that areas with fewer larger mammals indeed had a thicker understory, as Lamperty suspected.

他们发现，大型哺乳动物较少的地区确实有较厚的林下植被，这与兰佩蒂所猜想的一样。

We've taken sonic strolls, very carefully, through the understory, awash in frog music.

我们小心翼翼在声波中漫步，穿过下层林叶，淹没在青蛙音乐中。

So Lamperty and her team compared the understory vegetation and biodiversity within hunted and protected areas in northeastern Gabon.

因此，兰佩蒂及其团队比较了加蓬东北部狩猎区和保护区内的林下植被和生物多样性。

" American Outdoors: Understory" with Baratunde Thurston.

与 Baratunde Thurston 合作的“美国户外：林下”。

There was a lot more vegetation in the understory, compared to deep within the park, where it was more protected and remote.

这些地区的林下植被比公园深处的多得多，而公园深处的受保护程度更高，也更偏僻。

Scientists conceptualize the Amazon as four ecological layers: the forest floor, the understory, the canopy and the overstory.

科学家将亚马逊雨林分为四个生态层：雨林地表、下层植被、树冠层和上层林冠。

They also change the structure of the forest understory, which is no good for birds that live there, small rodents that live there.

它们还改变了森林下层植被的结构，“这对生活在那里的鸟类和小型啮齿动物没有好处。”

Flames ravage the thick understory provided by species like douglas fir, a shade-tolerant tree that's able to thrive under the canopy of lodgepole pines.

火焰燃烧着底层茂密灌木，如花旗松，这是一种能在树荫下茁壮成长的树，它们长在黑松树的树荫下。

Under the canopy, sloths shift from tree to tree careful to stay out of sight of the Harpy Eagle, while anacondas patrol the understory.

在树冠下，树懒从一棵树转移到另一棵树， 小心翼翼地避开鹰身鹰的视线，而水蟒则在林下巡逻。

That's how understory ferns and microbreweries can succeed — by specializing in conditions the " big guys" are not so good at: the so-called empty niches.

那下层的青苔和小酒厂是如何成功的呢，将老大们不擅长的领域（又称空龛）专业化。