Treefall gap, canopy opening caused by the death of one or more trees, is the dominant form
of disturbance in many forest systems worldwide. Gaps play an important role in forest …

Floristic inventory and diversity assessments are necessary to understand the present
diversity status and conservation of forest biodiversity. Although, inventory and diversity …

Lichens and bryophytes are abundant globally and they may even form the dominant
autotrophs in (sub) polar ecosystems, in deserts and at high altitudes. Moreover, they can be …

Aim Natural disturbances are key drivers of forest ecosystem dynamics and are highly
sensitive to global change. Despite their importance, central disturbance characteristics …

Treefall gaps play an important role in tropical forest dynamics and in determining above-
ground biomass (AGB). However, our understanding of gap disturbance regimes is largely …

Riparian forests are important for the structure and functioning of stream ecosystems,
providing structural components such as large woody debris (LWD). Changes in these …

Soil biodiversity and the structure of soil animal communities are important foundations for
forest ecosystem functions. Forest gap formation is an important forest management practice …

Treefall gaps are important elements of forest dynamics, as they contribute substantially to
regeneration and forest turnover rates. Repeated gap formation, ie the formation of new …

Where large disturbances do not cause landscape-wide mortality and successional change,
forested ecosystems should exhibit landscape metastability (landscape equilibrium) at a …

Large wood (LW) is critical to the structure and function of streams and forests are the main
LW source to stream channels. To assess the influence of forest cover changes at different …