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A person's principles or sense of what is important in life reflects their _______. - Values A standard or pattern of social behavior that is typical or expected of a group is known as a(n) _____. - Norm A psychological tendency that is expressed by evaluating a particular entity with some degree of favor or disfavor is known as a(n) ________. - judgement Our understanding of anthropogenic biomes is ____ compared to our understanding of "natural" ecosystems. - low Adaptive managem...

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THQ: List 3 elements fundamental to ecosystem management that differentiate from traditional natural resource resource management. (C2) - 1. SPACE- EM focus on holistic, contextual view of the resource seeking to manage- thus looking at the entire ecosystem versus the more site-specific, reductionist focus of TM 2. TIME- EM focuses on long-term sustainability, versus TM's focus on short-term resource extraction and lack of learning or experimentation 3. STAKEHOLDERS- EM involves all ...

Ecosystem - a biotic community or assemblage and its associated physical environment in a specific place. What are human sociodemographic changes the primary drivers of? - land-use change, urbanization, and pollution at the continental and sub-continental scales. Biodiversity in metropolitan areas... - deserves greater attention from conservationists relative to biodiversity in wildands. (species composition) Urban Avoiders - Rely on natural resources • Sensitive to human perse...

Traditional management (5) - - emphasis on commodities and natural resource extraction - predictability and control - equilibrium perspective: stability, climax communities - site specific - solutions developed by resource management agencies Ecosystem Management - - emphasis on balance between commodities and ecological integrity - Shifting mosaics - dynamics and resiliency - embracing uncertainty and flexibility - solutions developed through discussions among al...

Early in the twentieth century, the US Forest Service convinced Congress that the agency would eliminate fires in our nation's forests. (a) This is a classic example of what specific form of management strategy? (1 pt) (b) Give two reasons why strategies like this ultimately fail. (2 pts, 3 pts total) - a.) Traditional Management b.) Simplyfying complex systems doesnt work Uncertainty and unpredctability Flexibility is neccesary List two situations in which a traditional natural...