GAP PHASE REGENERATION

12/08/2002


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GAP PHASE REGENERATION

GAP PHASE REGENERATION

A. GAP (CHABLIS) STRUCTURE

A. GAP STRUCTURE

B. GAP CREATION

PHASES IN FOREST GROWTH

C. GAP ENVIRONMENT

Gap size and light intensity (Sabah, Whitmore 1998 p112)

Beneath the canopy, not only is the quantity of light different…

but also the spectral quality!

Gap environment also influences:

Gap size and microclimate (Sabah, Whitmore 1998 p113)

D. REGENERATION GUILDS (Whitmore pp. 102-8)

2. EARLY PIONEERS (EARLY 2° SPP)

2. EARLY PIONEERS

3. LATE SECONDARY SPECIES

E. GAP REGENERATION

Viability of buried seed (Hopkins & Graham 1987, Adam p.119)

Viability of buried seed (Hopkins & Graham 1987)

Viability of buried seed (Hopkins & Graham 1987)

Viability of buried seed (Hopkins & Graham 1987)

Viability of buried seed (Hopkins & Graham 1987)

Viability of buried seed (Hopkins & Graham 1987)

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Author: Biological Sciences

Email: robert.congdon@jcu.edu.au

Home Page: http://www.jcu.edu.au/school/tbiol/Botany/teaching/bt3280/index.html