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Ecologists report huge storm losses in China's forests [1]

From delicate orchids and magnolias to rare Chinese yews and Kwangtung pines, the flora of Guangdong Nanling National Nature Reserve is considered so precious that ecologists call the reserve "a treasure trove of species." But winter storms have reduced the biological hot spot to a splintered ruin.

Publication Date: 
07/03/2008
Richard Stone [2]
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