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contiguous forest edge. For the entire study 
site, regional changes were toward less vegetative 
vigor and a more degraded nonforest environment. 
These results are supportive of independent 
observations concerning deforestation rates and 
the type of environmental degradation that is 
occurring in the Central African Republic and the 
Cameroon as of 1986 (The International Institute 
for Environmental Development, 1986). 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 
The authors wish to thank Oak Ridge National 
Laboratory for their support for this project. 
We also wish to thank Jae Lee, Yinghang Li, You 
Wu, Amy DeSmidt, Xiaofong Chen, and Norm Cooprider 
for their invaluable assistance. 
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