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An uncut or regenerated primary forest undisturbed for several hundred years |
old-growth forest |
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Trees resulting from secondary succession |
second-growth forest |
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Old growth forests differ from second-growth forests because the second-growth forests |
lack diversity |
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Removing intermediate-aged or mature trees from a forest is known as |
selective cutting |
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Which of the following is the most dangerous type of fire? |
crown fire |
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The temporary or permanent removal of large expanses of forest for agriculture, or other uses, is called |
deforestation |
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A source of pulp for making paper which requires fewer pesticides and yields more pulp per hectare? |
kenaf |
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The most heavily utilized area in a rangeland is the |
riparian zones |
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Which is one of the biggest management concerns for U.S. national parks today? |
popularity |
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The world's largest system of private natural areas and wildlife sanctuaries has been created by |
Nature Conservancy |
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Using a design in which an inner core of a reserve is surrounded by two protective areas. |
buffer zone concept |
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Protected areas linking isolated reserves is a design called |
habitat corridors |
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Large areas of undeveloped land that has not been seriously disturbed by humans is called |
wilderness |
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The idea of sharing spaces with other species we dominate is called |
reconciliation ecology |
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A management principle of the U. S. Forest Service stating that potentially renewable resources should not be harvested or used faster than they can be replenished. |
sustainable forestry |
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The act of replanting a clear-cut section of a tree farm |
ecological restoration |
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Deforestation losses are concentrated in ________________ countries. |
developing |
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Degradation of a tropical forest usually begins when a(n) ___________ is cut deep into the forest. |
road |
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Governments or private conservations pay other nations for agreeing to preserve their natural resources. |
Concervation concessions |
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Deed restrictions that bar/prevent future land owners from developing the land. |
Conservation easements |
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An ecosystem which contains many endemic species that are threatened or endangered. |
biodiversity hotspot |
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Removing sections of trees by following the contours of the land. |
Strip cutting |
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Tree farms with a monoculture of trees |
Tree plantation |
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The most environmentally destructive method of logging |
clear cutting |
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A benefical fire that helps to burn leaf litter, germinate seeds, and cycling nutrients. |
surface fire |
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When livestock animals exceed the carrying capacity for a particular rangeland, thereby depleting the grass cover |
Overgrazing |
