Multiple Choice
A major recent (last 50 years) change in landscape structure of Eastern North America has been
A) fragmentation of forests due to clearing for agricultural use.
B) increases in forest cover due to abandonment of agricultural land.
C) decreases in forest cover due to climate change.
D) increases in forest cover due to climate change.
E) decreases in lake habitats due to breaching of dams.
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