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  2. Forest migration - Wikipedia

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    The emphasis of forest migration is placed on the movement of the populations that make up the forest community. Though an individual tree is permanently fixed in a location, tree populations may migrate over the landscape through successful dispersal and establishment into new regions and/or a lack of regeneration in a portion of its previous ...

  3. Assisted migration of forests in North America - Wikipedia

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    A 2011 discussion paper in the British Columbia Journal of Ecosystems and Management offered this definition of assisted migration: "the purposeful movement of species to facilitate or mimic natural population or range expansion to help ensure forest plantations remain resilient in future climates."

  4. Migratory woodland caribou - Wikipedia

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    The migratory woodland caribou refers to two herds of Rangifer tarandus (known as caribou in North America) that are included in the migratory woodland ecotype of the subspecies Rangifer tarandus caribou or woodland caribou [1] [2] that live in Nunavik, Quebec, and Labrador: the Leaf River caribou herd (LRCH) [3] [4] and the George River caribou herd (GRCH) south of Ungava Bay.

  5. Forest transition - Wikipedia

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    A study on forest transition theory reported that over 60 years (1960–2019), "the global forest area has declined by 81.7 million ha", and concluded higher income nations need to reduce imports of tropical forest-related products and help with theoretically forest-related socioeconomic development and international policies. [34] [35]

  6. Northwoods (forest) - Wikipedia

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    The Central forest region touches 30 states from Cape Cod to the Rio Grande and back up to Canada. This forest is mostly deciduous which means that is green in the summer and bare in the winter. Although the main component is hardwood, there are several important softwoods. Eastern white pine and Virginia pine are common throughout the forest.

  7. Hoh Rainforest - Wikipedia

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    Between the park boundary and the Pacific Ocean, 48 km (30 mi) of river, much of the forest has been logged within the last century, although many pockets of forest remain. [ citation needed ] The protected portion of the forest includes the " One Square Inch of Silence ", a 1-square-inch (6.5 cm 2 ) monument to mark what it deems the "quietest ...

  8. Animal migration - Wikipedia

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    Circadian migration is where birds utilise circadian rhythm (CR) to regulate migration in both fall and spring. In circadian migration, clocks of both circadian (daily) and circannual (annual) patterns are used to determine the birds' orientation in both time and space as they migrate from one destination to the next.

  9. YouTube Kids - Wikipedia

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    YouTube Kids has faced criticism from advocacy groups, particularly the Fairplay Organization, for concerns surrounding the app's use of commercial advertising, as well as algorithmic suggestions of videos that may be inappropriate for the app's target audience, as the app has been associated with a controversy surrounding disturbing or violent ...