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Logging has been hypothesized to have long-term effects on plant communities throughout the world. Quantifying the effects of disturbances such as logging on patterns of plant diversity and composition is a fundamental question in ecology and conservation. In this dissertation I…

The Appalachian area is characterized as a politically conservative, rural region with an economy that is historically based on resource extraction, factors which are thought to correlate with a lower degree of environmental concern relative to urban, liberal residents. Environm…