Therefore, the average age of newly recruited seedlings varies from 6-10 mo among sites.
Many saplings survived the attack, whereas most seedlings had died already.
There was a significant effect of site on the proportion of surviving seedlings and on the relative growth rates in terms of leaf number.
None of these seedlings has as yet suffered mortality.
Large-sized pioneer species dominating early successional stands suffered greater damage and mortality, but these same species were observed as seedlings in newly formed canopy gaps.
Do dipterocarp seedlings really partition tropical rain forest gaps?
Seedling survival of tropical tree species: interactions of dispersal distance, light-gaps, and pathogens.
Effects of dispersers, gaps, and predators on dormancy and seedling emergence in a tropical herb.
