Influence of canopy structure on the understory environment in tall, old-growth, conifer forests

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DO REMNANT OLD‐GROWTH TREES ACCELERATE RATES OF SUCCESSION IN MATURE DOUGLAS‐FIR FORESTS? (2005, background): “Regeneration can respond to low angle sunlight from openings in the forest canopy that are offset spatially (Van Pelt and Franklin 2000), such that regeneration need not be located directly below a gap to experience release effects.”
Microclimatic and soil moisture responses to gap formation in coastal Douglas-fir forests (2002, background): “Thus, it is likely that effects of canopy gaps in Douglas-fir forests on forest processes (e.g., tree survival and growth) are not limited to the openings themselves (Van Pelt and Franklin 2000).”
The contribution of interspecific variation in maximum tree height to tropical and temperate diversity (2005, background): “Extreme dominance by overstorey species was also found for the tall (60 to 100+ m) oldgrowth coniferous forests of the North American west coast (Van Pelt & Franklin 2000).”
Emergent crowns and light-use complementarity lead to global maximum biomass and leaf area in Sequoia sempervirens forests (2016, background): “The smaller/younger Pseudotsuga trees (N = 33) were also modeled as paraboloids, but the larger/older trees (N = 19) were modeled as 2/3 ellipsoids (Van Pelt and North, 1999).”