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| The forests of the Southern United States are home to a large number of species of fauna as a result of the warm, relatively humid climate and the diversity of habitats found from Virginia to Texas among the associated coastal plains, bottomlands, and uplands. Forests are valued by many purely for their wildlife populations, which provide opportunities to pursue such pastimes as hunting and bird watching. Federal and state laws have been enacted which are intended to prevent species extinction and maintain adequate, critical habitat for rare, threatened, and endangered species. Forest managers are responsible for maintaining the habitat required by wildlife populations |
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C.A. Mayfield
Texas AgriLife Research |
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| in their forests. Therefore, as forests in the South are managed more intensively, and as population growth and urban expansion put greater pressure on forests and result in fragmentation of forest ecosystems, it is critical that foresters and landowners be knowledgeable about the ways in which forest management can affect biodiversity. |
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