Forest health agents
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Forest health agents
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biotic and abiotic influences on the forest that areusually a naturally occurring component of forest ecosystems. Biotic influences includefungi, insects, plants, animals, bacteria, and nematodes. Abiotic influences includefrost, snow, fire, wind, sun, drought, nutrients, and human-caused injury. [Ministry of Forests -- Government of British Columbia]
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