Effects of Commercial Clearcutting of Aspen on Understory Vegetation and Wildlife Habitat Values in Southwestern Colorado

摘要

Commercial clearcutting of aspen in southwestern Colorado produced aspen sprouts, but caused relatively few lasting changes in other understory plant characteristics 5 years after logging. The most negative impact of logging on wildlife habitat was removal of the overstory, which adversely affected cavity-nesters and other species requiring mature forest.