Rhododendron understories shift gap regeneration toward species that seed onto logs

Evidence

The presence of a dense shrub layer of rhododendron influences regenera­ tion by greatly diminishing the success of an advance sapling regeneration strategy. As a consequence, cove forests with rhododendron have more red maple (Acer rubrum) and more hemlock and Betula spp., which regenerate on fallen logs, and less sugar maple, yellow buckeye, beech, silverbell, and basswood, all of which depend on advance sapling growth than do cove forests without abundant rhodo­ dendron (Oosting and Bourdeau, 1955; Barden, 1979, 1980; Lorimer, 1980). — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 218

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Tree species differ sharply in shade tolerance for seedling establishment — Vinson Brown, Reading the Woods: Seeing More in…, 129; The bamboo Chusquea culeou preempts canopy gaps and blocks Nothofagus regeneration. — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 353

Broader Connections

• Tree species differ sharply in shade tolerance for seedling establishment #expands (0.75) — Vinson Brown, Reading the Woods, 129