Researched (copied and pasted so use in your own words)
Disturbances such as forest thinning, floods, fire and wind can all lead to secondary succession. Examples of secondary succession are the gradual replacement of old fields by forest or the vegetation recovery and change following wildfire occurrence.
The answer is; raccoons and rodents
Racoon will burrow in the soil or tree logs and form a den where they can litter. When threatened, the raccoon can retreat to its hideout or climb a tree. Rodents also scrawl the bottom of the forest finding food. They also love to burrow or hide in crevices of fallen tree trumps or rocks.