https://ecoevo.social/@DovciakLab/109411628386495880

Forest canopy gaps can have varied effects on tree seedling distributions over elevation, and thus on potential species elevational range shifts over time. These effects seem to be greater at higher elevations where (a) canopy openness is greater, and (b) conifers (spruce, fir) exhibit positive responses to canopy openness.

https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.13993

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