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Forest stands are constantly being impacted by disturbances. When the disturbances are “lethal”, growing space is released which can then be occupied by the remaining trees or by new vegetation. Lethal disturbances can be either natural (e.g., fire or wind) or anthropogenic (e.g., harvesting or herbicides) events where trees are killed. The structure of the stand at the time of the disturbance as well as the type, intensity, and magnitude of the disturbance will dictate the future development of the stand. The mechanism driving development is simply change in competitive advantage of the surviving and the regenerating individuals. Just as development after a particular disturbance in single-species stands can be predicted quite well, development of mixed-species stands is far from unpredictable randomness, but is complicated by the species differences.
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Larson, B.C. (1992). Pathways of development in mixed-species stands. In: Kelty, M.J., Larson, B.C., Oliver, C.D. (eds) The Ecology and Silviculture of Mixed-Species Forests. Forestry Sciences, vol 40. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8052-6_1
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