responses to small canopy disturbances. They tested for differences between mean radial growth increases during the year of release initiation (i.e., first year of discernible growth increase) over the year prior, mean percent growth increases during
the year of release initiation over the year prior, mean release durations, and mean lag times between canopy gap formation and radial growth response. These findings provide information on the successional pathway of the forest, the physiological responses