Study advances on the forest gap and its influence on natural forest regeneration

Gap disturbance formed either by nature or by man is a small scale disturbance that usually takes place in forest cycle.The gap disturbance is one of the key factors driving the forest succession and regeneration. Microenvironment withinside forest gaps is good for trees regeneration.This paper introduces gap size, characteristics and the changes in microenvironment withinside forest gaps, focuses on the researches on forest gaps in China, such as the benefits of gap size, gap age and gap border trees that have done in gap regeneration, and summarizes the circumstance of gap regeneration theory appling in forest produce.It also points out that making gap regeneration theory and forest management together is an important gap research aspect in the future.