Understanding forest dynamics
Understanding forest dynamics
This chapter describes methods for studying forest dynamics. Topics covered include characterizing forest disturbance regimes, analysis of forest disturbance history, characterizing forest gaps, measuring light environments, measuring other aspects of microclimate, assessing the dynamics of tree populations, seed bank studies, and defining functional groups of species.
Keywords: forest dynamics, forest disturbance, forest gaps, light environments, tree population seed bank, functional groups
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