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Canopy Gap Management

Canopy Gap Management is a silvicultural method within uneven-aged forest management that involves the intentional creation, maintenance, and regulation of gaps in the forest canopy to promote natural regeneration and structural heterogeneity by modulating light availability and microsite conditions for understory development.

113

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6.9K

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338

Authors

162

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2017–2026

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Publications

113

Canopy Gaps and the Two Major Groups of Forest Trees

T. C. Whitmore · Ecology · 1989 · 1K citations

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MICROSITE CONTROLS ON TREE SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT IN CONIFER FOREST CANOPY GAPS

Andrew N. Gray, Thomas A. Spies · Ecology · 1997 · 303 citations

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Gaps in a gappy forest: plant resources, longleaf pine regeneration, and understory response to tree removal in longleaf pine savannas

John P. McGuire, Robert J. Mitchell, E. Barry Moser et al. · Canadian Journal of Forest Research · 2001 · 212 citations

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Effects of gap size and associated changes in light and soil moisture on the understorey vegetation of a Hungarian beech forest

László Gálhidy, Barbara Mihók, Andrea Hagyó et al. · Plant Ecology · 2005 · 207 citations

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Effect of gap size created by thinning on seedling emergency, survival and establishment in a coastal pine forest

Jiaojun Zhu, Takeshi Matsuzaki, Feng-qin Lee et al. · Forest Ecology and Management · 2003 · 167 citations

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Authors

338

  1. TA
    Thomas A. Spies

    Pacific Northwest Research Station, United States

    4 publications · 428 citations

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  2. JI
    Julia I. Burton

    Oregon State University, United States

    4 publications · 274 citations

    4

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  3. SY
    Shinichi Yamamoto

    Kyoto University, Japan

    3 publications · 157 citations

    3

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  4. FB
    Frans Bongers

    Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

    3 publications · 193 citations

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  5. DJ
    David J. Mladenoff

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    3 publications · 116 citations

    3

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Institutions

162

  1. Oregon State University

    Corvallis, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    570 citations

  2. Northern Research Station

    Madison, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    569 citations

  3. Okayama University

    Okayama, Japan

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    278 citations

  4. Institute of Applied Ecology

    Shenyang, China

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    405 citations

  5. Bangor University

    Bangor, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    303 citations

  6. Ministère des Ressources naturelles et des Forêts (Québec)

    Québec, Canada

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    294 citations

  7. Mississippi State University

    Starkville, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    350 citations

  8. US Forest Service

    Washington, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    314 citations

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Venues

  1. Forest Ecology and Management

    36 publications · 1.9K citations

    27

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  2. Canadian Journal of Forest Research

    7 publications · 457 citations

    7

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  3. Ecology

    6 publications · 1.7K citations

    6

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  4. Journal of Vegetation Science

    JVS · 6 publications · 158 citations

    6

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  5. Plant Ecology

    5 publications · 490 citations

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