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SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN |
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| Brief description |
Air quality Exotic species Human resources Geosciences Global environment Forest health Biodiversity Fresh water initiatives Threatened/endangered species Long-term ecosystem processes Landscape studies Environmental biotechnology Environmental assessment and education Geographic information systems (GIS) Sustainable development issues |
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| Abiotic | Air quality, geology. | |||
| Biodiversity | Alien/Invasive/Exotic/Introduced species, biodiversity, biotechnology, ecosystem assessment, ecosystem functioning/ecosystem structure, forest systems, freshwater/inland water, rare/endangered/threatened species. | |||
| Socio-economic | n.a. | |||
| Integrated monitoring | Education and public awareness, geographic information system/gis, integrated studies/interdisciplinaty, landscape inventorying/monitoring, sustainable development/sustainable use. | |||
| Last updated: 3/11/2005 |
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