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Article: Clinging to life.(research into old-growth forests by the Univ of Guelph's Cliff Ecology Research Group)(Brief Article)
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- U.S. News & World Report
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- April 12, 1999
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Twisted trees clinging to cliff faces may not make for the most majestic of woodlands, but a Canadian research team thinks them magnificent. The researchers have discovered that cliffside trees can be many centuries old, even in the midst of a city.
"We have been hunting around for old-growth forests for years now, and there is a whole category of old growth hiding in plain view," says Douglas Larson, who directs the Cliff Ecology Research Group at the University of Guelph in Ontario. Its members have spent more than 10 years clambering up, or rappelling down, the cliffs of the Niagara escarpment, which runs from the Great Lakes into southern Canada. The ...
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