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Figure 3 shows the effect of thinning Aspen in its early successional stage. Before the thinning of the Aspen the morality percent of Aspen and Fir were both about 5%. After the thinning of the Aspen the morality of Aspen increased slightly to about 6%. This is not the same for the Fir, instead the Fir morality percent jumped up to almost 21%. We know the Aspen is the early arriving species, and without it Fir do worse. This shows a facilitation relationship between the two species.