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Secondary forest succession occurs after some force causes an opening in the canopy. Large canopy openings, or gaps, may result from the death of one or more individual dominant trees, blow-downs, or selective cutting. These openings play a significant role in the Coweeta basin and in the eastern deciduous forest as a whole (Loucks 1970), as do large openings that result from clearcutting, forest fires, and widespread insect infestations or diseases. During succession, shade-intolerant or shade-intermediate trees will usually occupy a gap first. Later, an understory of shade-tolerant trees will form.
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Wallace, L.L. (1988). Comparative Physiology of Successional Forest Trees. In: Swank, W.T., Crossley, D.A. (eds) Forest Hydrology and Ecology at Coweeta. Ecological Studies, vol 66. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3732-7_13
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