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Vegetation—Postharvest

Photo of logging cranes in a DEMO Study Forest

 

 

Patterns of disturbance and postharvest ground conditions

 
     

Photo of damage to overstory trees.

Photo of patterns of tree mortality.

 

Damage to overstory trees

Patterns of tree mortality

 
     

Closeup photo of understory plant communities.

Photo of understory plants in aggregated retention harvest.

 

Responses of understory plant communities

Edge-related responses of understory plants to aggregated retention harvest

 
     

Closeup photo of ground-layer bryophytes.

Closeup photo of ground-layer bryophytes.

 

Responses of ground-layer bryophytes

Effects of timber harvest and forest edges on ground-layer bryophytes

 

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