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Forests
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Year Published
1994
Publication
In: The changing Illinois environment: critical trends. Summary report and volumes 1-7 Technical Report. Springfield IL: Illinois Department of Energy and Natural Resources: 33-66.
Abstract
Originally diminished by development, forests are coming back: forest biomass is accumulating. Forests are repositories for many threatened species. Even with increased standing timber, however, biodiversity is threatened by increased forest fragmentation and by exotic species.
Citation
Iverson, Louis R.; Schwartz, Mark W. 1994. Forests. In: The changing Illinois environment: critical trends. Summary report and volumes 1-7 Technical Report. Springfield IL: Illinois Department of Energy and Natural Resources: 33-66.
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