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Wednesday, February 23, 2005:

Secondary tropical forest less genetically diverse 

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Forest that has regenerated following logging now covers a larger area than old-growth forest in much of the tropics. Although proof that tropical forests can recover, it seems that these "second-growth" forests are less genetically diverse than their old-growth counterparts.

Read more: Forests return but gene pool shrinks (New Scientist)

 
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