Table 2 Gap size frequency distribution (GSFD) parameters calculated for gaps in eight ecozones stratified into four forest types: coniferous, deciduous, mixedwood, and wetland-treed.

From: Uncovering spatial and ecological variability in gap size frequency distributions in the Canadian boreal forest

Ecozone

Coniferous

Broadleaf

Mixedwood

Wetland-treed

λ

KS

KScrit

λ

KS

KScrit

λ

KS

KScrit

λ

KS

KScrit

Forest type mean

2.21

0.20

0.98

2.20

0.20

0.98

2.19

0.20

0.98

2.15

0.19

0.98

Boreal Cordillera

2.15

0.19

0.98

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Boreal Plains

2.37

0.22

0.99

2.28

0.21

0.99

2.22

0.21

0.99

2.23

0.2

0.98

Boreal Shield East

2.18

0.19

0.98

2.18

0.19

0.98

2.17

0.19

0.98

2.09

0.18

0.98

Boreal Shield West

2.3

0.21

0.98

—

—

—

2.17

0.19

0.98

2.15

0.19

0.98

Hudson Plains

2.15

0.19

0.98

—

—

—

—

—

—

2.12

0.19

0.98

Taiga Plains

2.3

0.2

0.99

2.11

0.2

0.98

2.31

0.21

0.99

2.34

0.21

0.99

Taiga Shield East

1.95

0.17

0.97

—

—

—

1.96

0.17

0.97

2.05

0.18

0.98

Taiga Shield West

2.22

0.2

0.98

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

  1. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test statistics (KS), and critical test statistics (KScrit) were generated to determine whether distributions followed power-law.
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