| Time is crucial in thinking about forests. Compared to trees, humans have very short life spans, and because forests evolve over long periods of time, humans have difficulty understanding them. |
| Even though forests may look solid and permanent, they are always changing, due to everything from wildfires and storms to pest and disease cycles, climate cycles, and even continental drift. In recent history humans have caused increasingly rapid changes in forests. |
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[humans & forests] [temperate regions] [tropical regions] [prehistoric forests & amber] [ecological succession] [seasons]
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[climate] [climate change] [pests] [threats to forests]
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