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Gap-driven Biodiversity

Gap-Driven Biodiversity is a theoretical framework in ecology that identifies and explains species richness and community assembly patterns in forest ecosystems through the differential responses of organisms to canopy gaps, distinguishing it from broader disturbance or succession models by focusing specifically on gap-mediated microenvironmental heterogeneity as a driver of biodiversity.

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118

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Niche versus chance and tree diversity in forest gaps

Nicholas Brokaw, Richard T. Busing · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 2000 · 488 citations

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TREEFALL GAPS AND THE MAINTENANCE OF SPECIES DIVERSITY IN A TROPICAL FOREST

Stefan A. Schnitzer, Walter P. Carson · Ecology · 2001 · 472 citations · Full text

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Assessing biodiversity in forests using very high‐resolution images and unmanned aerial vehicles

Stephan Getzin, Kerstin Wiegand, Ingo Schöning · Methods in Ecology and Evolution · 2011 · 324 citations · Full text

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CHANGING THE GAP DYNAMICS PARADIGM: VEGETATIVE REGENERATION CONTROL ON FOREST RESPONSE TO DISTURBANCE

Michael C. Dietze, James S. Clark · Ecological Monographs · 2008 · 198 citations

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A Vegetation Based Approach to Biodiversity Gap Analysis in the Agastyamalai Region, Western Ghats, India

B.R. Ramesh, Shaily Menon, Kamaljit S. Bawa · HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) · 1997 · 110 citations

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Authors

218

  1. SA
    Stefan A. Schnitzer

    Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama

    2 publications · 533 citations

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  2. JJ
    Jukka Jokimäki

    University of Lapland, Finland

    2 publications · 69 citations

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  3. MS
    Michael Staab

    University of Freiburg, Germany

    2 publications · 35 citations

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  4. WW
    Wolfgang W. Weisser

    Technical University of Munich, Germany

    2 publications · 35 citations

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  5. KI
    Kayla I. Perry

    The Ohio State University, United States

    2 publications · 36 citations

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Institutions

118

  1. University of Göttingen

    Göttingen, Germany

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    718 citations

  2. Technical University of Munich

    Munich, Germany

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    115 citations

  3. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    110 citations

  4. University of Connecticut

    Storrs, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    174 citations

  5. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brazil

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    215 citations

  7. Beijing Forestry University

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    315 citations

  8. Oregon State University

    Corvallis, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    227 citations

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Venues

  1. Forest Ecology and Management

    5 publications · 294 citations

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  2. Journal of Forestry Research

    3 publications · 95 citations

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  3. Ecology

    3 publications · 562 citations

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  4. Biological Conservation

    2 publications · 43 citations

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  5. Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity

    2 publications · 25 citations

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