Research history of forest gap as small-scale disturbances in forest ecosystems

A Tian, Ü Halik, W Fu, S Sawirdin, S Cheng, J Lei - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
Forest gaps, which are formed by small-scale disturbances that often occur in forest
communities, are the most dominant form of disturbance in many types of forests around the …

Composition, structure, and dendroecology of an old-growth Quercus forest on the tablelands of the Cumberland Plateau, USA

JL Hart, SL Clark, SJ Torreano, ML Buchanan - Forest Ecology and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Forest reconstructions provide information on the processes that influence forest
development and successional patterns. In this study, we quantified woody species …

Canopy gap dynamics and development patterns in secondary Quercus stands on the Cumberland Plateau, Alabama, USA

JD Richards, JL Hart - Forest Ecology and Management, 2011 - Elsevier
Forest disturbances of various spatial extents and magnitudes shape species composition,
structure, and stand development patterns. The disturbance regimes of most complex stage …

Canopy disturbance history of old-growth Quercus alba sites in the eastern United States: examination of long-term trends and broad-scale patterns

ML Buchanan, JL Hart - Forest Ecology and Management, 2012 - Elsevier
In the Eastern Deciduous Forest Formation, disturbance regimes are dominated by localized
events that remove relatively small portions of the forest canopy, increasing growing space …

Effects of intermediate-scale wind disturbance on composition, structure, and succession in Quercus stands: Implications for natural disturbance-based silviculture

MM Cowden, JL Hart, CJ Schweitzer, DC Dey - Forest Ecology and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Forest disturbances are discrete events in space and time that disrupt the biophysical
environment and impart lasting legacies on forest composition and structure. Disturbances …

Relationships between Ligustrum sinense invasion, biodiversity, and development in a mixed bottomland forest

JL Hart, BN Holmes - Invasive Plant Science and Management, 2013 - cambridge.org
Invasion of closed canopy forests by shade-tolerant alien plants has the potential to modify
species composition, stand structure, ecosystem function, and long-term forest development …

Assessment of disturbances across forest inventory plots in the southeastern united states for the period 1995–2018

SK Ojha, K Naka, LD Dimov - Forest Science, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Disturbances of varying frequency and intensity shape the species composition, stand
structure, and functions of forests. This study assessed the frequency and distribution of …

Patterns of riparian and in-stream large woody debris across a chronosequence of southern Appalachian hardwood stands

RP Parker, JL Hart - Natural Areas Journal, 2014 - BioOne
The density and volume of riparian and in-stream large woody debris (LWD) is hypothesized
to be a function of forest disturbance and developmental processes. However, these …

Estimating gap age using tree-ring width in combination with carbon isotope discrimination in a temperate forest, Northeast China

Q Yan, C Zhu, J Zhu, L Song, GG Wang, D Lu - Annals of Forest Science, 2022 - Springer
Key message The accuracy of gap age estimation can be improved from 5–6 to 2 years by
analyzing the annual width and carbon isotope discrimination of the rings of gap …

Incorporating intermediate-severity disturbances in oak stand development

JL Hart, LE Cox - Forests, 2017 - mdpi.com
We propose a conceptual framework for the development of closed canopy oak (Quercus)
stands that incorporates the influence of intermediate-severity canopy disturbance events …