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SEEDBED AREA TOTAL SEEDLINGS<br />

(SURFACE1 (PINE, SPRUCE & FIR, ALL NATURAL)<br />

Figure 6.--!The percentage of naturaZ regeneration occurr<strong>in</strong>g on various<br />

seedbed k-gpes on a northern Rocky Mounta<strong>in</strong> ecosystem; data derived from<br />

Day and Duff3 (1965).<br />

CONCLUSIONS<br />

A forest manager should know that many important aspects of soil qua1 i ty depend<br />

directly on microbial activity, and that this activity is supported to vary<strong>in</strong>g deqrees<br />

(dependent on temperature and- moisture gradient) by soil organic components. -~hek-<br />

fore, manag<strong>in</strong>g the soil for organic matter diversity, i .e., preserv<strong>in</strong>g or crest<strong>in</strong>g a<br />

variety of-microsites, would usually be the method of choice: In no case should soil<br />

disturbance, organic matter accumulations, or depletions be extreme over large areas.<br />

LITERATURE CITED<br />

Fell<strong>in</strong>, D. 6.<br />

1980a. A rev iew of some <strong>in</strong>teractions between harvest <strong>in</strong>g , residue management, fi<br />

and forest <strong>in</strong>sects and diseases. In: Proc. Symp. re,<br />

on the environmental<br />

consequences of timber harvest<strong>in</strong>g 5 Rocky ~ountai n <strong>coniferous</strong> forests.<br />

Harvey, A. E., M. 3. Larsen, and M. F. Jurgensen.<br />

1980a. Ecology of ectotnycorrhizal <strong>in</strong> northern Rocky Mounta<strong>in</strong> forests. En: Proc.<br />

Symp. on the environmental consequences of timber harvesti.ng <strong>in</strong> RockyTounta<strong>in</strong><br />

<strong>coniferous</strong> forests.

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