Patchiness and recovery following a large-scale disturbance.
Soon after fire. The 1988 Yellowstone National Park fire destroyed large areas of forests dominated by lodgepole pines. The burn left a patchy landscape. Note the unburned trees in the distance.		One year after fire. In the same general area the following year, the community began to recover rapidly. A variety of herbaceous plants, different from those in the former forest, cover the ground.