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Managing The Middle Ground: Forests In The Transition Zone Between Cities And Remote Areas, Charles Colgan, Malcolm L. Hunter Jr., Aaron Weiskittel, Brian Mcgill

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In many parts of the world there are extensive landscapes where forests and people strongly intermingle, notably in the suburbs and exurbs of cities. This landscape of transitional forest generally receives limited attention from policy makers and researchers who tend to be rooted in traditions centered on either urban planning or management of natural resources in rural areas. The transitional forest is on the periphery of both perspectives, but it is a large area that provides numerous important values (biodiversity, ecosystem function, forest products, and amenities) to the people that live in them and their neighboring cities. Here we argue …