[PCA] NEWS: If you plant different trees in the forest, is it still the same forest?

[Kwong, Olivia]

http://www.theguardian.com/vital-signs/2014/oct/19/-sp-forests-nature-conservancy-climate-change-adaptation-minnesota-north-woods

If you plant different trees in the forest, is it still the same forest?
As the Nature Conservancy works to help Minnesota’s North Woods adapt to
climate change, other environmentalists worry ‘assisted migration’ may end
up changing the forest’s very nature
By Bill Lascher
Sunday 19 October 2014 10.00 EDT

In northern Minnesota, there’s a near-mythic expanse of lakes and boreal
forests known as the North Woods, packed with spruces, firs, red and bur
oaks, and other trees. It’s in danger of vanishing forever.

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