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Line 1: {{ref improve\|date=December 2012}} [[File:Small Forest Gap.JPG\|thumb\| Treefall gaps in the Amazon allow sunlight to reach the forest floor. Photo taken by Irina Skinner. ]] '''Gap dynamics''' refers to the pattern of plant growth that occurs following the creation of a forest gap, a local area of natural disturbance that results in an opening in the canopy of a forest. Gap dynamics are a typical characteristic of both temperate and tropical forests and have a wide variety of causes and effects on forest life.

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