Rainforest Growth (IMAGE)

Princeton University

Rainforest Growth

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After a large tree falls, many small individuals are able to grow due to an increase in available sunlight (T=1). Once they have grown to touch one another (T=2), they begin to overtop one another and leave individuals behind in the understory (T=3).

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Caroline Farrior

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