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 …

Forest gap models, initially conceived in 1969 as a special case of individual-tree based
models, have become widely popular among forest ecologists for addressing a large …

The author is grateful for permission to include the following previously copyrighted
materials in redrafted form, except where noted: Figures 4.5 and I li t are from Forest Ecology …

Small-scale gap disturbance in forests is reviewed. Caused by the death of individual or
multiple trees with subsequent fall from the canopy, gaps have been extensively studied in …

When one or a few canopy trees die (or are injured) in a forest, small openings, which are
called 'gaps,'are formed in the forest canopy and are then filled with other trees. This sort of …

This study identifies patterns in the gap disturbance regime along a successional gradient in
the southern boreal forest and uses this information to investigate canopy composition …

The European explorers who first visited the Northwest Coast of North America assumed
that the entire region was virtually untouched wilderness whose occupants used the land …

Gap-based silvicultural systems were developed under the assumption that richness, and
diversity of tree species and other biota positively respond to variation in size of harvest …

As silvicultural objectives have changed over the last several decades, managers are
increasingly designing cutting regimes that mimic natural disturbance with the hopes that …

Forest structure, as measured by the physical arrangement of trees and their crowns, is a
fundamental attribute of forest ecosystems that changes as forests progress through suc; …