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Projection of the engulfment of tall open forest (dark gray) by rain forest (light gray) at Mt. Windsor after 100, 250, and 2000 years, based on an average rain forest expansion rate of 6 m decade–1. Inset shows the Mt. Windsor study site (Fig. 1) and the bounded area is the selected area for illustrating the time series. Note how the irregular shape of the tall open forest patches slows the rate of rain forest engulfment.
