Frequent gaps selected long-lived clonal forest herbs for gap-response ability

Evidence

The potentially long life spans of forest herbs, especially of species that spread clonally, coupled with the frequent formation of gaps in mesic forests, may have provided strong selection pressure for herb response to gaps. — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 1476

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Tolerant and intolerant species partition by required gap size — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 232; Herb response to gaps fails through five distinct limiting constraints — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 1487