Secondary ecological succession along an avalanche path, Alberta
The swath of aspens shows where an avalanche cleared spruce-fir trees. The disturbance led to a new community of aspens opportunistically colonizing the area in an ecological process known as secondary succession.
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Keywords: alberta, autumn, avalanch, avalanche, canadian, disturbance, ecological, fall, mountain, mountainside, path, rockies, secondary, succession, trail
