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Forest

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Any ecosystem with a high density of trees

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Forest types

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Categories defined by dominant tree species

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Canopy

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Upper level of leaves and branches in the treetops

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Subacnopy

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Middle and Lower portions of tree

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Understory

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Shrubs and small trees

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Primary forest

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Natural forest uncut by people

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Secondary forest

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Filled with secondary growth trees, planted after older ones cut

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Resource management

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Use of strategies to manage and regulate harvest of renewable resources

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Maximum Sustainable Yield

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Get the most without depleting a resource so much it can’t rebound

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Even aged vs uneven-aged forestry

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Uneven-aged allows for more biodiversity since more kinds of habitats

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New forestry

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Cut timber to mimic natural disturbances

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Salvage Logging

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Taking dead, burnt trees out of area after fire. Good to leave it there though

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National Parks

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Public lands protected from resource extraction and development but open to recreation

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National wildlife refuge

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Havens, some human interaction like hunting

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Wilderness areas

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Off limits to development and open to low impact public rec

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Land Trusts

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Local or regional organizations that purchase land to preserve it in its natural condition

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Edge effects

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Impacts that result because conditions along fragments edge differ from interior

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Area effect

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Large islands have more species than small