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 …

Temperate forests have been fundamentally altered by land use and other stressors
globally; these have reduced the abundance of primary and old-growth forests in particular …

Controversy remains over what drives patterns in the variation of biodiversity across the
planet. The resolution is obscured by lack of data and mismatches in their spatial grain …

Forest gaps, openings in the canopy caused by death of one or more trees, have a profound
effect on forest regeneration and drive the forest growth cycle. It is therefore necessary to …

Canopy gaps play a crucial role for forest dynamics processes, as they largely determine
light transmission to lower canopy strata, thereby controlling the turnover of tree individuals …

Questions What historical natural disturbances have shaped the structure and development
of an old‐growth, sub‐alpine P icea abies forest? Are large‐scale, high‐severity …

Much of our understanding of natural forest dynamics in the temperate region of Europe is
based on observational studies in old‐growth remnants that have emphasized small‐scale …

The paper details an investigation of the stand structure and patterns of diversity observed in
the Runcu-Grosi Natural Reserve (western Romania), one of the best preserved natural …

Variables describing the abiotic environment (eg climate, topography or biogeographic
history) have a long tradition of use as predictors of tree species richness patterns. However …

We investigated forest canopy gaps in the mixed beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), silver fir (Abies
alba Miller), and Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) old-growth forest of Lom in the …