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Journal of Forestry Research (2014) 25(3): 501−510 DOI 10.1007/s11676-014-0489-3 REVIEW ARTICLE Effects of gaps on regeneration of woody plants: a meta-analysis Jiaojun Zhu • Deliang Lu • Weidong Zhang Received: 2014-03-20 Accepted: 2014-05-22 © Northeast Forestry University and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014 Abstract: Forest gaps, openings in the canopy caused by death of one or cipitation because of the limiting effects of lower temperature and mois- more trees, have a profound effect on forest regeneration and drive the ture on woody plant regeneration. In summary, forest gaps enhance forest growth cycle. It is therefore necessary to understand the effects of woody plant regeneration, and the effects of gaps varied by forest type, forest gaps on regeneration for modern forest management. In order to gap characteristics, environmental factors and plant traits. The results of provide a quantitative assessment of the effects of forest gaps on regen- this meta-analysis are useful for better understanding the effects and roles eration of woody plants, we conducted this review of gap effects on of gaps on forest regeneration and forest management. woody plant regeneration on the basis of 527 observations from 42 indi- Keywords: forest gap, regeneration, disturbance, gap size, gap age, vidual papers, and reported the results of these data in a meta-analysis. shade tolerance Overall, densities of regenerated woody plants were significantly greater (359%) in forest gaps than on the closed-canopy forest floor. The regen- eration density in gaps of plantation forests was sign