Managing Forest Fragmentation FOR 272 – Sustainable Forest Management.

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Managing Forest Fragmentation FOR 272 – Sustainable Forest Management

Natural Fragmentation Caused by Moderate Severity Disturbance Regimes

Old-Growth Moist Temperate Forests: Global Distribution of Focal Datasets

ALBERTA, CA – Swan Hills

Forest Roads

Amazon Forest Fires, Brazil, March 1998: 15% of Amazon State burned

Large Small Localized Fragmentation HighLow Opening Size Landscape Fragmentation HighLow Landscape Fragmentation HighLow dispersed large patch cutting Aggregated large patch cutting

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