Alireza Hajivand

Ms graduate of forestry, Faculty of Forestry and wood technology, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran

[ 1 ] - 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 tree-fall gaps and of associated regeneration. This study was carried out in three parcels (No.15,...