Environmental control of natural gap size distribution in tropical forests

Goulamoussène, Youven; Bedeau, Caroline; Descroix, Laurent; Linguet, Laurent; Hérault, Bruno

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-353-2017

Articles | Volume 14, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-353-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-353-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 2

Research article

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24 Jan 2017

Research article |

| 24 Jan 2017

Environmental control of natural gap size distribution in tropical forests

Youven Goulamoussène, Caroline Bedeau, Laurent Descroix, Laurent Linguet, and Bruno Hérault

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Final revised paper (published on 24 Jan 2017)
Preprint (discussion started on 08 Aug 2016)

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'On the aim of detecting gaps', Ervan Rutishauser, 12 Oct 2016
- AC1: 'Interactive comment on "Environmental control of natural gap size distribution in tropical forests"', Youven Goulamoussène, 23 Nov 2016
- AC3: 'Interactive comment on "Environmental control of natural gap size distribution in tropical forests"', Youven Goulamoussène, 23 Nov 2016
RC2: 'Comments on 'Environmental control of natural gap size distribution in tropical forests'', Marijn Bauters, 17 Oct 2016
- AC2: 'Interactive comment on "Environmental control of natural gap size distribution in tropical forests"', Youven Goulamoussène, 23 Nov 2016
- AC4: 'Interactive comment on "Environmental control of natural gap size distribution in tropical forests"', Youven Goulamoussène, 23 Nov 2016

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (27 Nov 2016) by Anja Rammig

AR by Youven Goulamoussène on behalf of the Authors (05 Dec 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (12 Dec 2016) by Anja Rammig

AR by Youven Goulamoussène on behalf of the Authors (21 Dec 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (03 Jan 2017) by Anja Rammig

AR by Youven Goulamoussène on behalf of the Authors (09 Jan 2017)

Short summary

Natural gap disturbances are the dominant form of forest regeneration and dynamics in tropical forests. We highlight strong links between gap size distribution and environment, primarily hydrological conditions and topography, with large gaps being more frequent on floodplains and in wind-exposed areas.