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  <dc:contributor>T. J. Antrobus</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Sammy L. King</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2005</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;h3 id="abs1-2-title" class="article-section__sub-title section1"&gt;Question:&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;In floodplain forests, does frequent flooding allow for self-replacement of shade-intolerant tree species or do small canopy gap openings lead to replacement by shade-tolerant tree species?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 id="abs1-3-title" class="article-section__sub-title section1"&gt;Location:&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cache River, Arkansas, US; 55 m a.s.l.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 id="abs1-4-title" class="article-section__sub-title section1"&gt;Methods:&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;The species, diameter-at-breast height, and elevation of primary gap-maker trees were determined for new gaps from 1995–1998. The size and species of gap-filler trees were identified and placed into three classes: definitive, edge, or interior. Transition probabilities were determined.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 id="abs1-5-title" class="article-section__sub-title section1"&gt;Results:&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;The dominant shade-intolerant species&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Quercus texana&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;is being replaced primarily by the more shade-tolerant&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;A. rubrum&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;var.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;drummondii, Fraxinus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;spp. and&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ulmus americana.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Only 20 of 2767 gap fillers were&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Q. texana.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Replacement probabilities are not constant across elevations, however, as the least shade-tolerant of the three most common species of definitive gap fillers,&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Fraxinus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;spp., occurred at lower elevations than&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;A. rubrum&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;var.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;drummondii&lt;/i&gt;, and&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;U. americana.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 id="abs1-6-title" class="article-section__sub-title section1"&gt;Conclusions:&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;The contention that frequent flooding would allow for self-replacement of shade-intolerant species was only partially supported. The small canopy gaps undoubtedly influenced canopy replacement processes.&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1111/j.1654-1103.2005.tb02387.x</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Wiley</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Relationships between gap makers and gap fillers in an Arkansas floodplain forest</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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