Forest Ecosystems

Table 7 Mean total number of trees per hectare ± SE and number of trees per hectare for the 5 most common species in aspen, burn, and thinned conifer habitat types, Lincoln National Forest, 2005– 2006

From: Herbivory of sympatric elk and cattle on Lincoln National Forest, south-central New Mexico

Habitat type	Species	Trees · ha⁻¹
Habitat type	Species	2005	2006
Aspen	Populus tremuloides	559	512
	Abies concolor	222	396
	Pseudotsuga menziesii	158	196
	Quercus gambelii	67	73
	Robinia neomexicana	48	–
	Acer glabrum	–	30
	TOTAL	1149 ± 16	1254 ± 13
Burn	Pinus ponderosa	44	39
	Pseudotsuga menziesii	31	20
	Juniperus deppeana	21	39
	Quercus gambelii	15	–
	Abies concolor	11	7
	Pinus strobiformis	–	20
	TOTAL	137 ± 81	131 ± 49
Thinned	Pseudotsuga menziesii	158	174
	Abies concolor	89	136
	Populus tremuloides	28	–
	Quercus gambelii	13	25
	Pinus ponderosa	8	–
	Pinus strobiformis	–	39
	Picea engelmannii	–	28
	TOTAL	329 ± 30	454 ± 22

Back to article page