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Chapter 7: Landscape Ecology Flashcards

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This discipline addresses the relation of spatial variation to ecological processes

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Landscape ecology

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What are four focuses of landscape ecology?

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Spatial landscape structure; Relationship between patterns and processes; Landscape formation processes; Effect of human activity on landscapes

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These are spatially heterogeneous land areas

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Landscapes

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Of what are landscapes comprised?

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Mosaic of interacting ecosystems

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Landscapes vary in this

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Spatial structure

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What are the two basic components of landscapes?

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Composition and configuration

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This landscape component describes the types of landscape elements

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Composition

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This landscape component describes the size, shape, and arrangement of elements

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Configuration

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What are the two types of landscape elements?

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Patches and mosaics

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This is a homogeneous area that differs from its surroundings

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Patch

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What are four ways that patches can be quantified?

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Number, size, shape, configuration

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This is a spatial mix of patches

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Mosaic

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This landscape metric is the contribution of an element to the total area

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Total patch cover

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14
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This landscape metric is the middle size of landscape elements

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Median patch size

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This landscape metric is the number of patches per area

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Patch density

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What shape is a patch if S=1?

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Circular

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What shape is a patch if S > 1?

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Elongated

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What is the equation for patch shape?

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S = P / 2√𝜋A

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These are the borders between adjacent ecosystems/patches

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Boundaries

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This is the ecosystem near the perimeter of a patch

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Edge

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21
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This is the interior of a patch

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Core

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22
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This is a transitional area between ecosystems

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Ecotone

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23
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What are the two types of edge?

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Inherent and induced

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24
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From what does inherent edge arise?

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Differences in soils and landforms

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From what does induced edge arise?

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Disturbance

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26
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Which type of edge is relatively stable?

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Inherent edge

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27
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Which type of edge is relatively transient?

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Induced edge

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28
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What does edge contrast describe?

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Transition between elements

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29
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Do small or large patches have more edge than core?

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Small

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30
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Do irregular or square patches have more edge?

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Irregular

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31
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These are effects of adjacent patches on habitat

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Edge effects

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32
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What four forest conditions increase at edge?

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Light, temperature, wind, noise

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33
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What two forest conditions decrease at edge?

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Moisture and humidity

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34
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Are edge habitats less complex?

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No

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35
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Do edge habitats support higher species richness?

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Yes

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36
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This is a measure of landscape continuity

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Connectivity

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37
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These are elements that link similar habitats

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Corridors

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38
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This is the dominant element in a landscape

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Matrix

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39
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What are six factors of landscape pattern creation?

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Surface geology; Geomorphical processes; Topography; Natural disturbances; Animal activities; Human activities

40
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What are three examples of surface geology processes that create landscape patterns?

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Tectonic uplift; Volcanism; Sedimentation

41
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This is the study of landforms

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Geomorphology

42
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This is the removal of material from the surface

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Denudation

43
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What are three types of denudation?

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Weathering, erosion, mass wasting

44
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This is how species change from lower to higher elevations

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Altitudinal zonation

45
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These two topographical effects impact microclimate and soils

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Slope and aspect

46
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This is the rate of incline of a landform

47
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This is the direction a landform faces

48
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Altitude zonates species similarly to this

49
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Disturbance removes this

50
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What are three types of disturbances that can remove biomass?

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Fire, floods, windstorms

51
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What are three factors of disturbance regimes that determine how they affect landscape mosaics?

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Frequency, intensity, and severity

52
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What are six ways that animals can affect landscape generation?

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Pollination; Seed dispersal; Pests; Disease vectors; Burrowing/wallowing; Vegetation removal

53
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These animals play myriad roles in landscape generation and outbreaks can have large scale effects

54
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These are organisms that create, maintain, or modify habitats

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Ecosystem engineers

55
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These ecosystem engineers modify habitats via their own physical structure and are “self-creating”

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Autogenic engineers

56
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What are two examples of autogenic engineers?

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Trees and corals

57
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These ecosystem engineers modify their habitat by changing the structure of materials

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Allogenic engineers

58
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What are three examples of allogenic engineers?

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Beavers, termites, elephants

59
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How much of the planet’s ice-free surface have humans altered?

60
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What are six ways humans have altered landscapes?

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Urbanization, agriculture, channeling, drainage, right-of-ways (roads, powerlines, pipelines, etc.), forestry

61
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This is the reduction of continuous habitat into fragments

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Habitat fragmentation

62
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Does patch number increase or decrease with habitat fragmentation?

63
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Does patch size increase or decrease with habitat fragmentation?

64
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Does patch isolation increase or decrease with habitat fragmentation?

65
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Does patch edge increase or decrease with habitat fragmentation?

66
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Does core habitat increase or decrease with habitat fragmentation?

67
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How much of tropical forests in 10 countries has been lost to deforestation?

68
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How much tropical forest has been lost in Brazil to deforestation?

69
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What are four activities that have rapidly depleted Brazilian forests?

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Large-scale ranching; Subsistence farming; Logging; Industrial farming

70
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These forests have had the highest historical deforestation

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Temperate forests

71
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Forests used to cover this entire region and extended westward via river valleys

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Eastern U.S.

72
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By what year were most eastern U.S. forests logged?

73
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For what purpose were national forests established?

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Timber reserves for logging

74
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What are three ways humans impact forests?

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Deforestation, fire management, and forest management

75
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Deforestation rate in this region has slowed

76
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This continent has lost much of its tropical forests

77
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In tropical forests, this is as much of a problem as the actual deforestation

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Fragmentation

78
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Fragmentation from deforestation greatly impacts this type of habitat

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Core habitat

79
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Land is often deforested in this pattern

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Herringbone

80
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Fire suppression alters this

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Species composition

81
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Fire suppression leads to this

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Fuel accumulation

82
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Fire suppression leads to increased risk of these

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Large fires

83
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This region has had large fires because of suppression

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Baja/Southern California

84
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This form of fire management impacts landscape patterns

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Controlled burning

85
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This type of forest management removes forest cover

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Clear cutting

86
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Clear cutting is not the same thing as this

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Tree ‘mining’

87
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In what country does most ‘tree mining’ happen?

88
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Clear cuts vary in these three aspects

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Size, shape, spacing

89
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Small, irregular harvests create a landscape that is this

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More ‘natural’

90
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Harvest rotation affects this aspect of a forest

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Forest age

91
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What are two things on which rotation timelines depend?

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Tree species and use

92
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Forest plantations are these, with greatly reduced species diversity

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Monocultures

93
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These are similar to pine plantations

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Natural pine forests

94
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In natural forests, this weeds out weaker individuals and prevents other species from invading

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Competition

95
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These have the worst impact in forests

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Forest roads

96
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Forest roads do this to the landscape

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