Light gap forest
When an individual or large clumps of trees are removed from a forest, a hole is formed in the forest canopy. Trees may be removed due to harvesting, or because they are damaged by wildfire or diseases, or succumb to old age. The resulting hole in the canopy is known as a ‘light gap’ because more di...
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my.upm.eprints.600522018-04-11T02:04:45Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60052/ Light gap forest Kamarudin, Norizah Abdul Aziz, Nor Akmar Jamaluddin, Jamhuri Mohd Saad, Mohamad Ridzuan Lukhman, Arief Aiman Parman, Rhyma Purnamasayangsukasih When an individual or large clumps of trees are removed from a forest, a hole is formed in the forest canopy. Trees may be removed due to harvesting, or because they are damaged by wildfire or diseases, or succumb to old age. The resulting hole in the canopy is known as a ‘light gap’ because more direct sunlight reaches the forest floor in contrast to the usual one to five percent under full canopy conditions. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2017 Book Section PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60052/1/Chapter%20%203%202017-3.pdf Kamarudin, Norizah and Abdul Aziz, Nor Akmar and Jamaluddin, Jamhuri and Mohd Saad, Mohamad Ridzuan and Lukhman, Arief Aiman and Parman, Rhyma Purnamasayangsukasih (2017) Light gap forest. In: Nature's Yield and Wonders of Art (NYAWA)17: Light. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press, Serdang, Selangor, pp. 49-52. ISBN 9789679604269 |
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When an individual or large clumps of trees are removed from a forest, a hole is formed in the forest canopy. Trees may be removed due to harvesting, or because they are damaged by wildfire or diseases, or succumb to old age. The resulting hole in the canopy is known as a ‘light gap’ because more direct sunlight reaches the forest floor in contrast to the usual one to five percent under full canopy conditions. |
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