QUESTION 1<\/p>\n
Which of the following biotic factors is associated with increasing the capacity of organisms to move across fragmented landscapes?<\/p>\n
Distance from other landscape patches<\/p>\n
Connectivity<\/p>\n
Patch size<\/p>\n
Patch shape<\/p>\n
QUESTION 2<\/p>\n
What is the process used by natural resource managers to collect initial data on ecosystems and landscape elements, monitor them through time, and act with appropriate management interventions when needed?<\/p>\n
Adaptive management<\/p>\n
Ecosystem management<\/p>\n
Integrated management<\/p>\n
Conservation management<\/p>\n
QUESTION 3<\/p>\n
The Curtis Prairie at the University of Wisconsin was an early successful restoration project for tallgrass prairie. Which of the following restoration treatments was not employed at Curtis Prairie?<\/p>\n
Removal of undesirable herbaceous and woody plants<\/p>\n
Prescribed fire<\/p>\n
Planting and seedling of native species<\/p>\n
Grazing by American bison<\/p>\n
QUESTION 4<\/p>\n
Which of the following practices would not be used to restore longleaf pine savanna in the American South?<\/p>\n
Prescribed fire<\/p>\n
Controlled grazing by cattle<\/p>\n
Planting line seedlings in low densities at the restoration site<\/p>\n
Thinning the forest canopy to create open conditions<\/p>\n
QUESTION 5<\/p>\n
Which of the following ecological services provided by conservation areas would be associated with flood control?<\/p>\n
Provisioning services<\/p>\n
Regulation services<\/p>\n
Cultural services<\/p>\n
Habitat services<\/p>\n
QUESTION 6<\/p>\n
Match the term to the description.<\/p>\n
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Longleaf pine<\/p>\n
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Tallgrass prairie<\/p>\n
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Ovenbird<\/p>\n
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Catbird<\/p>\n
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Cougar<\/p>\n
A.<\/p>\n
A species best preserved at the landscape scale.<\/p>\n
B.<\/p>\n
Needs prescribed fire for restoration.<\/p>\n
C.<\/p>\n
A forest interior species rare in fragmented landscapes.<\/p>\n
D.<\/p>\n
An edge species common in fragmented landscapes.<\/p>\n
E.<\/p>\n
Occurs in local peat moss-dominated forested wetlands<\/p>\n
F.<\/p>\n
Once covered over 170 million acres from Texas to Canada.<\/p>\n
QUESTION 1<\/p>\n
What two temperate areas of the world are seeing forest regrowth?<\/p>\n
Australia and North America<\/p>\n
Europe and Asia<\/p>\n
Australia and Asia<\/p>\n
North America and Europe<\/p>\n
QUESTION 2<\/p>\n
What region of South America is experiencing the greatest amount of deforestation?<\/p>\n
Argentina<\/p>\n
Amazon Basin<\/p>\n
Colombia<\/p>\n
Peru<\/p>\n
QUESTION 3<\/p>\n
Why does the Congo region in Africa still have significant forest cover?<\/p>\n
Strict conservation laws.<\/p>\n
Lack of infrastructure and political instability.<\/p>\n
Protection by the United Nations.<\/p>\n
Fierce lowland gorillas.<\/p>\n
QUESTION 4<\/p>\n
Which country in the world has greatest percentage of forest?<\/p>\n
Canada<\/p>\n
Russia<\/p>\n
United States<\/p>\n
Brazil<\/p>\n
QUESTION 5<\/p>\n
What is the major natural factor that is causing deforestation in western North America?<\/p>\n
Fire<\/p>\n
Logging<\/p>\n
Mountain pine beetle infestation<\/p>\n
Excess rainfall<\/p>\n
QUESTION 6<\/p>\n
Despite having only 5% of the world’s forest cover, which nation is effectively fighting desert encroachment by planting huge numbers of trees?<\/p>\n
Kazakhstan<\/p>\n
Mongolia<\/p>\n
India<\/p>\n
China<\/p>\n
QUESTION 7<\/p>\n
How many acres of forest are left in the world?<\/p>\n
100 million<\/p>\n
1 billion<\/p>\n
9.9 billion<\/p>\n
17 billion<\/p>\n
QUESTION 8<\/p>\n
Where in Europe is forest loss the greatest?<\/p>\n
Sweden<\/p>\n
Italy<\/p>\n
Spain<\/p>\n
France<\/p>\n
QUESTION 9<\/p>\n
Since 2000 forest fires and extended drought have significantly impacted forests in which country?<\/p>\n
Australia<\/p>\n
Canada<\/p>\n
Congo<\/p>\n
United States<\/p>\n
QUESTION 10<\/p>\n
Which region is losing an estimated 10 million acres of forest yearly?<\/p>\n
South America<\/p>\n
North America<\/p>\n
Asia<\/p>\n
Australia<\/p>\n
QUESTION 11<\/p>\n
Using information from the New York Times Changing Forest website, explain how forests are impacted by climate change in various places around the world and how forests themselves may offset aspects of climate change. Be specific in your examples, describing what is happening and where.<\/p>\n
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