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Belovezhskaya Forest
boreal forest in Alaska
Oulanka National Park, Finland: coniferous forest
Adirondack Mountains
tropical rainforest
deciduous forest of beech
fungi in decaying leaf litter
Bohemian waxwing
Prescribed fire
Geographic distribution of the world's forests by categories of wood
How bacteria recycle forest litter into minerals
Understanding biomass in forests
How does a forest recover after a wildfire?
How an ecosystem works
Know about the role of fungi in the forest ecosystem, where some digest plant matter, while others team with the plant (mycorrhizal) mutually
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