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TERRA-3: Human Influences on Forest Wildlife Habitat

1 Key Findings

1.1 Impacts of Exotic Plants and Animals

1.2 Land-Use Changes in Forested Habitats

1.3 Linear Land Uses (Roads, Power Lines, and Trails)

2 Introduction

2.1 Effects of Exotic Species on Forest Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat

2.2 Human Land-Use Changes and Forest Wildlife

2.3 Linear Land Uses (Roads, Power Lines, and Trails)

3 Methods

4 Data Sources

5 Results

5.1 Effects of Exotic Species on Forest Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat

5.2 Effects of Urbanization on Forest Wildlife

5.3 Effects of Agricultural Land Use on Forest Wildlife

5.4 Effects of Linear Land Uses (Roads, Power Lines, and Trails) on Forest Wildlife

6 Discussion and Conclusions

6.1 Effects of Exotic Plants and Animals

6.2 Effects of Urbanization

6.3 Effects of Agricultural Land Uses

6.4 Effects of Linear Land Uses (Roads, Power Lines, and Trails)

7 Needs for Additional Research

7.1 Effects of Exotic Plants and Animals

7.2 Human Land Use Changes

7.3 Linear Land Uses (Roads, Power Lines, and Trails)

8 Acknowledgments

9 Literature Cited

10 Tables and Figures

Table 1--Exotic invasive plants

Table 2--Introduced terrestrial wildlife species

Table 3--Some southeastern forest bird species and their sensitivities to urban development