Suppressed saplings can capture a mild gap faster than new seedlings can.

Evidence

If the disturbance is mild, then one of these saplings may grow to become the next canopy tree in less time than it would take for a new seedling to reach the canopy, especially if taller individuals grow faster than small ones, as at least occasionally occurs (Laufersweiler, 1955; Burton et al.t 1969; Tubbs, 1977). — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 189

Categorization

• XREF: This is the advance-regeneration mechanism — why shaded understory stems matter for interpreting which species claim the next canopy after a light blowdown. — connects to: Many shade-tolerant trees reach the canopy through repeated suppression-and-release gap episodes, not one gap — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 1342

Broader Connections

• Many shade-tolerant trees reach the canopy through repeated suppression-and-release gap episodes, not one gap #corroborates (0.78) — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 1342