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Forest Ecology and Conservation
Forest ecology inventories, monitors and models the changes in species mix, the forest's structure, and watershed consequences (water cycle, nutrient cycle, erosion/sediment cycle). Forests are dynamic communities and forest ecologists have had to focus on forest change from climate change, to acid rain, to fire policies, invasive species, forest diseases and pathogens, wildlife (e.g. beavers, woodpeckers, elephants), as well as logging practices. Forest ecologists may have an influence on conservation practices and sustainable forestry: methods of logging, appropriate machines and other technology, road development, riparian buffers, rotation cycles, preservation of species, and watershed management.
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Keywords trees, native species, forest, forestry, preservation, woodland, regeneration, habitat preservation, forest organisms, woodland edges, old growth, fire, prescribed burns, thinning, watershed management, biodiversity, forest structure, climate change, forest health, acid rain, invasive species, forest diseases, forest pathogens, forest wildlife, logging practices, threatened species, riparian forests |
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