Gap Dynamics

Gap Dynamics is a forest ecological process denoting the pattern and mechanism of small-scale disturbances that create canopy gaps, through which localized regeneration, species composition shifts, and structural heterogeneity in forest ecosystems are driven.

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2017–2026

195

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Disturbance Ecology

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Canopy Opening DynamicsDisturbance Regime Effects On GapsEdge Effects In GapsForest Regeneration After DisturbanceGap Age StructureGap Closure RateGap CoalescenceGap ColonizationGap ConnectivityGap Geometry

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Forest stand dynamics

Choice Reviews Online · 1990 · 2.4K citations

Natural Resources, Ecology, Forestry +17

Gap filling strategies for defensible annual sums of net ecosystem exchange

Eva Falge, Dennis Baldocchi, Peter Anthoni et al. · Agricultural and Forest Meteorology · 2001 · 2K citations

Life Sciences, Ecology, Natural Resource Economics +15

Light-Gap Disturbances, Recruitment Limitation, and Tree Diversity in a Neotropical Forest

Stephen P. Hubbell, Robin B. Foster, Shay O’Brien et al. · Science · 1999 · 1.6K citations

Life Sciences, Botany, Ecology +17

Cross‐Scale Morphology, Geometry, and Dynamics of Ecosystems

C. S. Holling · Ecological Monographs · 1992 · 1.5K citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Ecology +11

TROPICAL RAINFOREST GAPS AND TREE SPECIES DIVERSITY

Julie S. Denslow · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics · 1987 · 1.3K citations

Life Sciences, Ecology, Evolutionary Biology +17

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Daniel Kneeshaw
Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
17 publications · 1.2K citations
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Harald Bugmann
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
16 publications · 1.2K citations
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Richard T. Busing
Pacific Northwest Research Station, United States
15 publications · 1.5K citations
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Craig G. Lorimer
University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States
14 publications · 1.8K citations
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Herman H. Shugart
University of Virginia, United States
15 publications · 832 citations
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Ecology
94 publications · 18.8K citations
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Forest Ecology and Management
164 publications · 9.6K citations
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Canadian Journal of Forest Research
108 publications · 7.9K citations
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Journal of Vegetation Science
JVS · 88 publications · 4.3K citations
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Journal of Ecology
52 publications · 5.7K citations
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