Silviculture and Wildlife: Snowshoe Hare Abundance across a Successional Sequence of Natural and Intensively Managed Forests

Figure 4

Regression relationships for overall mean number of hare pellets (×1000) per ha and (a) basal area and (b) density (stems/ha) of overstory conifers, and (c) density (stems/ha) of total conifers. ⚪: thinned; ⚫: thinned and fertilized; ×: unthinned; ▴: mature forest; ■: old-growth forest.

(a) Basal area

(b) Density of overstory conifers

(c) Density of total conifers