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  2. Empty forest - Wikipedia

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    Empty forest is a term coined by Kent H. Redford's article "The Empty Forest" (1992), which was published in BioScience. An "empty forest" refers to an ecosystem that is void of large mammals . Empty forests are characterized by an otherwise excellent habitat , and often have large, fully grown trees, although they lack large mammals as a ...

  3. Liminal space (aesthetic) - Wikipedia

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    The creepypasta showed an image exemplifying a liminal space—a hallway with yellow carpets and wallpaper—with a caption purporting that by "noclipping out of bounds in real life", one may enter the Backrooms, an empty wasteland of corridors with nothing but "the stink of old moist carpet, the madness of mono-yellow, the endless background ...

  4. If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it ...

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    The question "When a tree falls in a lonely forest, and no animal is near by to hear it, does it make a sound? Why?" is posed along with many other questions to quiz readers on the contents of the chapter, and as such, is posed from a purely physical point of view. [7]

  5. Dark forest hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    An additional constraint in the special case of the "dark forest" is the scarcity of vital resources. [9] The "dark forest" can be considered an extensive-form game with each "player" possessing the following possible actions: destroy another civilization known to the player; broadcast and alert other civilizations of one's existence; or do ...

  6. Iron Alps Complex Fire - Wikipedia

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    The 2008 Iron Alps Complex Fire, also called the Iron/Alps Complex Fire, was a large wildfire complex in Trinity County, California, United States.The complex comprised 48 fires, 36 of which were in the Iron Complex, and 12 in the Alps Complex, [4]: 114 all of which were ignited by lightning on June 21.

  7. Wikipedia:Blank maps - Wikipedia

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    Image:Canada_blank_map.svg — Canada.; File:Blank US Map (states only).svg — United States (including Alaska and Hawaii). Each state is its own vector image, meaning coloring states individually is very easy.

  8. The Man Who Planted Trees - Wikipedia

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    The valley receives official protection after the First World War, with the French authorities mistakenly believing that the rapid growth of the new forest is a bizarre natural phenomenon, as they are unaware of Bouffier's selfless deeds. Over three decades, Bouffier continues to plant trees, and the valley is turned into a kind of Garden of ...

  9. Extinction - Wikipedia

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    Limited geographic range is the most important determinant of genus extinction at background rates but becomes increasingly irrelevant as mass extinction arises. [45] Limited geographic range is a cause both of small population size and of greater vulnerability to local environmental catastrophes.