A single new gap contains abutting, highly contrasting microenvironments.

Evidence

Newly formed gaps are thus com­ posed of abutting yet highly contrasting microenvironments, and the types of microenvironments and their spatial arrangement in gaps vary greatly from site to site. — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 424

Categorization

• XREF: Parallels the Soundscape chapter’s point that a patch is internally heterogeneous — disturbance creates mosaic within mosaic at every scale. — connects to: Localized disturbances turn sessile assemblages into a patch mosaic — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 681; Microbial ecology and nanotechnology expanded spatial horizons inward. — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 927
• DEFINE: Establishes that the ‘patch’ of patch dynamics is itself a heterogeneous mosaic, refining the reader’s core vocabulary.

Broader Connections

• Localized disturbances turn sessile assemblages into a patch mosaic #expands (0.85) — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 681
• Microbial ecology and nanotechnology expanded spatial horizons inward. #expands (0.75) — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 927