Effects of gaps on regeneration of woody plants：a meta-analysis

• Published in: Journal of forestry research Vol. 25; no. 3; pp. 501 - 510
• Main Authors: Zhu, Jiaojun, Lu, Deliang, Zhang, Weidong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 2014; Northeast Forestry University; State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Qingyuan Experi-mental Station of Forest Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
• Subjects: Biomedical and Life Sciences; canopy gaps; death; environmental factors; forest growth; forest litter; forest management; forest plantations; forest regeneration; forest types; Forestry; Life Sciences; meta-analysis; Meta分析; Review Article; shade tolerance; temperature; trees; understory; woody plants; 密度表; 木本植物; 森林经营; 植物再生; 植物耐荫性; 生长周期; 间隙尺寸; disturbance; forest gap; shade tolerance; regeneration; gap size; gap age

Forest gaps, openings in the canopy caused by death of one or more trees, have a profound effect on forest regeneration and drive the forest growth cycle. It is therefore necessary to understand the effects of forest gaps on regeneration for modern forest management. In order to provide a quantitati...