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- Title
Forest gaps and isolated savanna trees.
- Authors
Belsky, A. Joy; Canham, Charles D.
- Abstract
Reviews and evaluates the literature on patch dynamics in forests and determines their effects on isolated trees and shrubs in savannas. Definition of savannas; Structural dissimilarities between savannas and forests; Synopsis of patch dynamics in forests and savannas; Gap dynamics versus patch environments; Physical conditions within patches; Patch dynamics and species diversity; Research directions.
- Subjects
SAVANNA ecology; FORESTRY research
- Publication
BioScience, 1994, Vol 44, Issue 2, p77
- ISSN
0006-3568
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/1312205