Spatial Pattern and Characteristic of Tree-fall Gaps to Approach Ecological Forestry in Northern Iran
Gaps created by falling trees (tree-fall gaps) are a natural disturbance in forest ecosystems. Understanding scale, pattern and the effect of gaps on regeneration is important to current and future forest management. The aim of this study was to determine the size, shape and the spatial pattern of t...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
2017-01-01
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Series: | Environmental Resources Research |
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Online Access: | https://ijerr.gau.ac.ir/article_3701_b94698e2ee22892b8e19020c3517ee1d.pdf |