Early successional communities are those that establish themselves relatively quickly after disturbance, while late successional communities are those that establish themselves much later.

A habitat is readily accessible to many of ... until a disturbance or mortality removes them and the longer-lived late successional species replacing them. David Tilman (1985) used the resource ...

For ruffed grouse, there’s nothing better than early to mid-successional habitat. The author works through an older clear cut full of aspen in search of a flush. Photo by Matt Addington Creative ...

It sure feels like spring is in the air and a turkey should be gobbling. Temperatures up in the 70s and humid conditions have ...

Due to historic and contemporary forest management practices, the northeastern United States is facing a lack of early-successional forest habitat, which is critical to support many species dependent ...

The Appalachian Mountain Club, a conservation group, owns the late successional old growth forest ... forests fosters biodiversity and wildlife habitats. “At a time when climate change feels ...