Homogenization of northern U.S. Great Lakes forests due to land use

edtech-isu — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:41:19 -0800

Human land use of forested regions has intensified worldwide in recent decades, threatening long-term sustainability. Primary effects include conversion of land cover or reversion to an earlier stage of successional development. Both types of change can have cascading effects through ecosystems; however, the long-term effects where forests are allowed to regrow are poorly understood. We quantify the regional-scale consequences of a century of Euro-American land use in the northern U.S.

Landscape Ecology

Landscape Ecology

Homogenization of northern U.S. Great Lakes forests due to land use