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Gaps in the canopy: the missing dimension in vegetation dynamics

✍ Scribed by Silvertown, Jonathan ;Smith, Bridget

Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Year
1988
Tongue
English
Weight
326 KB
Volume
77
Category
Article
ISSN
1573-5052

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✦ Synopsis

Canopy gaps are important as entry points for new genotypes and new species into many types of vegetation, yet little is known about them in any type of vegetation but forests. Forest gaps are too large for manipulative experiments to be readily undertaken, and hitherto grassland gaps have been too small to be easily mapped. Preliminary results from mapping small (> 1 cm) grassland gaps with a new fibre-optic device suggest that experiments need to be performed at a smaller physical scale than has hitherto been achieved.

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