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Research article
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01 Nov 2013
Research article |
| 01 Nov 2013
Effects of topography, soil type and forest age on the frequency and size distribution of canopy gap disturbances in a tropical forest
E. Lobo
Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
DMCii, Guildford, GU2 7AG, Surrey, UK
J. W. Dalling
Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon, Panama City, Panama
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- Dynamics of a human‐modified tropical peat swamp forest revealed by repeat lidar surveys B. Wedeux et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15108
- Landscape-scale changes in forest canopy structure across a partially logged tropical peat swamp B. Wedeux & D. Coomes https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-6707-2015
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- Spatial Distribution Patterns and Characteristics of Gaps under Tropical Forest Stages in the Central Highlands, Vietnam . Nguyen Minh Canh et al. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359024609789
- Uncovering spatial and ecological variability in gap size frequency distributions in the Canadian boreal forest T. Goodbody et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-62878-z
- Soil ecological stoichiometry in varied micro-topographies of an alluvial fan at eastern Helan Mountains, Northwest China A. Shen et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40333-024-0037-8
- Disturbances can control fine-scale pedodiversity in old-growth forests: is the soil evolution theory disturbed as well? P. Šamonil et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-5889-2014
- Weak Environmental Controls of Tropical Forest Canopy Height in the Guiana Shield Y. Goulamoussène et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs8090747
- Strong temporal variation in treefall and branchfall rates in a tropical forest is related to extreme rainfall: results from 5 years of monthly drone data for a 50 ha plot R. Araujo et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-6517-2021
- Density-dependent adult recruitment in a low-density tropical tree J. Kellner & S. Hubbell https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1800353115
- Does hydroelectric reservoirs affect the structure of surrounding tree communities? A test of hypotheses in subtropical South America L. Urruth et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40415-017-0376-1
- Similar understorey structure in spite of edaphic and floristic dissimilarity in Amazonian forests L. SUOMINEN et al. https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201500132
- Canopy gap regime as a function of woodland age in the Kansas Cross Timbers B. Cory et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-019-00962-9
- Deciphering the fingerprint of disturbance on the three‐dimensional structure of the world’s forests T. Jucker https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17729
- Evaluating the potential of full‐waveform lidar for mapping pan‐tropical tree species richness S. Marselis et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13158
- Modeling the topographic influence on aboveground biomass using a coupled model of hillslope hydrology and ecosystem dynamics Y. Fang et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-7879-2022
- Scale‐dependent controls on forest gaps shaped by large trees and topographic heterogeneity J. Chen et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.70109
- Relation between Topography and Gap Characteristics in a Mixed Sessile Oak–Beech Old-Growth Forest N. Tudose et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14020188
- Logging leaves a fingerprint on the number, size, spatial configuration and geometry of tropical forest canopy gaps B. Zhang et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13190
- Canopy openings in the Trans-Mexican Neovolcanic Belt: Characteristics, distribution, and conservation relevance in a biosphere reserve A. Guerrero-Marmolejo et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2026.101420
- Seedling survival within forest gaps: the effects of gap size, within-gap position and forest type on species of contrasting shade-tolerance in Northeast China D. Lu et al. https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpy007
- Canopy gap patterns in Mediterranean forests: a spatio-temporal characterization using airborne LiDAR data M. Rodes-Blanco et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-023-01663-5
- Patterns in a species‐rich tropical understory plant community J. Denslow et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12704
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