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Research Natural Areas: Contributors to Environmental Quality Programs¹

ABSTRACT

Research programs on environmental quality will require studies of conditions in natural environments. Numerous protected natural ecosystems, known as Research Natural Areas, are available for such studies. The Research Natural Area concept and history and scope of present programs are outlined. These tracts are particularly valuable sites for baseline and monitoring programs, for ecosystem studies, as in situ preserves of gene pools, and for selected educational purposes.

Key Words: ecosystem studies

¹ Contribution from USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest & Range Exp. Sta., Portland, Ore.

² Principal Plant Ecologist and Assistant Director, respectively, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Portland, Ore. 97208.

³ Ecology Advisor, The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia.

Received for publication December 21, 1971.

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