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Rose behaved similar to n<strong>in</strong>ebark (fig. lo), Rose is a small shrub and it accounted<br />

for 3 percent or less of the total preharvest shrub volume. Like ni nebark, its relative<br />

importance <strong>in</strong>creased substantially 2 years after harvest<strong>in</strong>g on the two burned treat-<br />

ments, account<strong>in</strong>g for a third of all shrub volume on the <strong>in</strong>termediate-utilization-and-<br />

burned treatment. However, i ts re1 ati ve importance was short-1 i ved ; i t dropped to<br />

between 5 and 10 percent of the total volume on a1 1 treatments 4 years after harvest<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

" r ROSA<br />

I<br />

Utilization and Burned<br />

Conventional Utilization and Burned<br />

'All Residues Removed<br />

0 I 1<br />

0 2 4<br />

YEAR<br />

Figure 10. --Re Zative vo Zume response of rose to four residues management hreatments<br />

2 and 4 yems after harvesd<strong>in</strong>g.

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