Forest ecology - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

UNIT-I ENVIRONMENT, ECOSYSTEMS AND BIODIVERSITY PART – A 1. What is meant by ecology? Ecology is study of interactions among organisms or group of organisms with their environment. 2. What is meant by ecosystem? A group of organisms interacting among themselves and with environment. 3. List various types of ecosystem. Forest ecosystem, grassland ecosystem, desert ecosystem and lake ecosystem. 4. List out the structural components of ecosystem. The structural components of e...

4 responses to climate change 1. move 2. adapt (cross generation) 3. acclimatize 4. die What does climate change affect on species? -species abundance -distribution -physiology -morphology -phenology What is the equation of Plasticity (to which the environment modifies phenotypic expression) P = G+E What affects of climate change have on the stress of birds? -rapid response 1. intergenerational: maternal effects -yolk production is affected when stress levels a...

Life history -:- An organism's lifetime pattern of growth, differentiation, storage, and reproduction Ways to talk about life history models -:- Physiological ecology, population ecology, community ecology Physiological ecology -:- -An individual -Mechanisms of plant adaptation -Individual or a few individuals assumed to represent species -Whole plant or single Community Ecology -:- -Vegetation composition, dominance, diversity -identify community types and relate them to one a...

CHAPTER 3—ECOSYSTEMS: WHAT ARE THEY AND HOW DO THEY WORK? MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Scientists estimate that tropical rain forests contain up to half of the earth’s land plants and animal species. What percentage of the world’s land surface do tropical rain forests cover? a. 2 b. 4 c. 8 d. 10 e. 12 ANS: A PTS: 1 TOP: 3-0 Core Case Study: Tropical Rain Forests Are Disappearing KEY: Bloom's: Remember NOT: New 2. The disappearance of the tropical rain forests is an import...

What roles did Aldo Leopold play in the history of wildlife management/ecology?- Promoted land ethic -Deplored lack of connection between average person and the outdoors -1924: helped create Gila National Forest- 1st protected wildlife area in the U.S. -1923: watershed handbook- water conservation in the southwest- served as a model for the creation of the soil conservation act (1936) -Led the wilderness society -Key part to passing the Wildlife Act of 1964 Be able to describe the main ...

sustainability correct answers -ability of Earth's various systems, including human cultural systems and economies, to survive and adapt to changing environmental conditions indefinitely environmental science correct answers -interdisciplinary study that uses information from the physical sciences and social sciences to understand how the earth works, learn how humans interact with the earth, and develop solutions to environmental problems ecology correct answers -biological science that ...

BBE Quiz Questions with Correct Answers Latest Update Graded A+ According to Dave Morris's 'The Once and Future Carbohydrate Economy', "In 1820, Americans used two tons of [plant matter] for every one ton of [coal/oil]... But by 1975 Americans used ________ ton(s) of [coal/oil] for every one ton of [plant matter]." Eight Natural Resources Include Land Water Fossil Fuels Non-metallic minerals Metallic minerals Air The US is a net exporter of iron ore True According to the 2017 U.S...

Abeka Biology Test 8 Review Latest Version Already Passed primates without tails apes animals that regulate their body temperature by internal mechanisms and maintain a stable body temperature regardless of their environment homeothermic animals that are attached to a single location but can move the environment toward themselves for the purpose of trapping food sessile rabbits, hares, pikas lagomorphs gnawing mammals such as mice, beavers, and squirrels rodents the ___ ar...

NR326 Final Exam - Applied forest ecology - The science and art of growing and tending forest crops - classic definition - The art and science of controlling the establishment, growth, composition, health, and quality of forests and woodlands to meet the diverse needs and values (objectives) of landowners and society on a sustainable basis silviculture. The study of how trees grow and reproduce, as well as ways that the physical environment influences their physiology, and the general i...

Environmental Science Exam 1 Review Questions & Answers 2023/2024 The scientific study of how the natural world works, how our environment affects us and how we affect our environment. - ANSWER-What is Environmental Science? Chemistry, Ecology, Biology, Sociology, Anthropology, History, etc - ANSWER-Name several disciplines involved in environmental science. Perpetually renewable or Inexhaustible renewable natural resources - ANSWER-readily replenished natural resources, can keep usin...