... Comparisons with second -growth forests arealso often made to highlight the uniqueness of old- growth forests. 6.2 Structural and Compositional Features of Old- Growth Old- growth forests possess distinct ... (Frank et al.), this volume]. Old- growth forests generally haveC. Wirth et al. (eds.), Old Growth Forests, Ecological Studies 2 07, 115DOI: 10.10 07/ 978 ‐3‐540‐9 270 6‐8 6,# Springer Verlag Berlin Heidelberg ... differbetween second -growth and old- growth forests, in boreal (Aubin et al. 2000),northern temperate deciduous (Angers et al. 2005), and tropical (Montgomeryand Chazdon 2001) forests. Old- growth forests...