Research in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains has illustrated that in comparison to stands of lodgepole pine and Englemann spruce, stands of trembling aspen are not likely to ____.

a. grow in warmer soil
b. grow in soil with higher nitrate concentrations
c. be associated with different arrays of soil-dwelling organisms
d. allow more sunlight to reach the soil surface
e. retain their leaves through the winter


ANSWER: e

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