A review of the roles of forest canopy gaps

A Muscolo, S Bagnato, M Sidari, R Mercurio - Journal of Forestry …, 2014 - Springer
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 …

Challenges facing gap-based silviculture and possible solutions for mesic northern forests in North America

CC Kern, JI Burton, P Raymond… - … Journal of Forest …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
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 …

[PDF][PDF] Salix caprea in Europe: distribution, habitat, usage and threats

CM Enescu, TH Durrant, D De Rigo… - European atlas of forest …, 2016 - researchgate.net
The goat willow is a short-living plant and has no severe threatening diseases in its natural
habitats. Pests are reported to result in economic loss only in biomass coppice plantations …

On the knowns and unknowns of natural regeneration of silviculturally managed sessile oak (Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.) forests—a literature review

M Kohler, P Pyttel, C Kuehne, T Modrow… - Annals of Forest …, 2020 - Springer
Key message This literature review identified the main factors for the success of different
silvicultural approaches to regenerate sessile oak naturally and unveiled at the same time …

Site factors are more important than salvage logging for tree regeneration after wind disturbance in Central European forests

K Kramer, P Brang, H Bachofen, H Bugmann… - Forest Ecology and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Wind disturbance is the main natural driver of forest dynamics in Central and Northern
Europe, but little is known regarding the general patterns of tree regeneration following …

[HTML][HTML] Bark beetle infestation spots as biodiversity hotspots: Canopy gaps resulting from insect outbreaks enhance the species richness, diversity and abundance of …

F Przepióra, J Loch, M Ciach - Forest Ecology and Management, 2020 - Elsevier
Natural disturbances are a major source of spatial stand heterogeneity, initiating forest
community turnover. Besides large-scale events like fires, landslides or windthrows, small …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of salvage logging on short-term natural regeneration in montane forests of the Alps after large windthrow events

D Marangon, C Betetto, T Wohlgemuth, L Cadez… - Forest Ecology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Wind disturbances are one of the main drivers of forest dynamics in Europe, sha** forest
stands and modifying the ecosystem services provisioning. Salvage logging is often most …

Factors influencing ponderosa pine regeneration in the southwestern USA

JJ Puhlick, DC Laughlin, MM Moore - Forest ecology and management, 2012 - Elsevier
Improving predictions of ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa var. scopulorum) regeneration is
critical as landscape-scale restoration efforts are being implemented across the western …

Single dead trees matter: Small-scale canopy gaps increase the species richness, diversity and abundance of birds breeding in a temperate deciduous forest

P Lewandowski, F Przepióra, M Ciach - Forest Ecology and Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Canopy gaps produced by natural disturbances are an important source of structural and
functional heterogeneity within forest ecosystems. However, the effect of natural, small-scale …

Regeneration and growth of tree seedlings and saplings in created gaps of different sizes in a subtropical secondary forest in southern China

F Liu, C Tan, Z Yang, J Li, H **ao, Y Tong - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Gap-based silvicultural systems are of particular interest in secondary forest management
because gaps are associated with regeneration and tree species diversity. However …