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U.S. National Forests Are More Diverse, Denser and Less Invaded than Neighboring Forests

“…we investigated whether they differ across a spectrum of forest health indicators, from biomass stocking to structural diversity to invasion by non-native plants”.

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Potter, K. M., Guo, Q., Koch, F. H., Lim-Hing, S., Matthews, E. R., & Pandit, K. (2026). U.S. National Forests Are More Diverse, Denser and Less Invaded than Neighboring Forests. Forests, 17(6), 691. https://doi.org/10.3390/f17060691

Posted by:
Brooke Simmons
Published on:
October 29, 2026

Categories: PublicationTags: biodiversity, forest health, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA), Forest Management, forest structure, forest sustainability, indicator, nationwide forest inventory

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