| The same stand characteristics were used to compare cutovers of various ages to coniferous forests using principal component analyses to determine if they share similar characteristics. |
| Grass seeding is a common practice on cutovers on open-range situations in western Canada where cattle graze. |
| We continue to harvest large areas of very old overmature forest that are often composed of climax species, ill-adapted to rapid establishment and growth on open cutovers. |
| We found at the coarse-scale that coniferous forests were most preferred but did not differ from cutovers, and at the fine-scale caribou used coniferous forests with more forage. |
| The frequency of old, closed canopy forests has been reduced, and cutovers and immature forests have increased. |
| It also can regenerate prolifically from both seed and stump sprouts in clearcuts and is therefore an important component of cutovers and of shade-intolerant hardwood stands, especially in the three lowland ecoregions. |
