Table 2.

Effect of plot size (ha), and the maximum canopy height cut-off used to define gaps (gap height) on the probability of detecting an extreme value of λ. (The λ landscape is the mean value of λ at the landscape scale, and λ interval is the upper and lower 99% CIs of λ. Extreme values are defined as those outside the 99% CI (λ interval) calculated from the 100 ha plot sizes. The proportion of replicate plots of 10, 50, 100 ha with extreme values of λ are shown in the last three columns.)

			plot size (ha)
gap height (m)	λ landscape	λ interval	10	50	100
2	2.37	(2.10, 2.69)	0.44	0.12	0.01
5	2.04	(1.89, 2.16)	0.58	0.20	0.01
10	1.78	(1.68, 1.84)	0.46	0.13	0.01