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🌲 Forest Gap Dynamics: Light Competition, Succession and Carbon

An individual-based forest gap model of one hectare in 3D: every tree competes for light through the canopy (Beer-Lambert), storms open gaps, and birch and pine give way to oak, spruce and beech over 150-250 years while carbon accumulates. A planting-density experiment tests the self-thinning law against the model's own prediction.

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An individual-based forest gap model of one hectare in 3D: every tree competes for light through the canopy (Beer-Lambert), storms open gaps, and birch and pine give way to oak, spruce and beech over 150-250 years while carbon accumulates. A planting-density experiment tests the self-thinning law against the model's own prediction.

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