An aerial view of experimental clearcut patches in mature pine forest.

This false color infrared image is an aerial view of a landscape that includes several different ecosystem types (depicted by the different degrees of red color). Roads are depicted as light-colored lines. Near the upper left of the image is an array of four clearcut patches surrounding a central clearcut patch within a matrix of mature pine forest. Two of the patches are connected by a corridor. Studies conducted in the site indicate that corridors promote seed removal by mammals, whereas removal by birds and invertebrates is not affected. This photograph originally appeared on the cover of Ecology (84:10) in October of 2003.