Legacy of Pre-Disturbance Spatial Pattern Determines Early Structural Diversity following Severe Disturbance in Montane Spruce Forests
Fig 4
Mortality and recruitment spatial pattern.
Bivariate spatial pattern between disturbance-killed and survived individuals of; (A) all pre-disturbance recruited spruce, (B) pre-disturbance recruited spruce saplings and (C) the bivariate pattern between all survived and newly recruited spruce above 50 cm. Positions of spruces killed by disturbance (A, B) or newly recruited spruces (C) are marked in each subplots. Spruce-free patches (gaps) before disturbance (A, B) and after disturbance (C) are stressed by colour spectrum that represents the distance to the nearest live individual in meters.