APES: Unit 4: Chapter 10
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Created by:
KMBooker on February 7, 2011
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Booker's AP Environmental Science, Mr. Burger's APES
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Old Growth Forest | ... |
| Second Growth Forest | ... |
| Tree Farm/Plantation | ... |
| Clear Cutting | ... |
| Strip Cutting | ... |
| Selective Cutting | ... |
| Surface Fires | ... |
| Crown Fire | ... |
| How does deforestation degrade natural capital | Decrease Soil Fertility through erosion, run-off eroded soil into aquatic areas, premature extinction, loss of habitat to native species and migratory species, Regional Climate change, Release of Co2, Acceleration of flooding |
| Forest Ecological Services | Chemical Cycling, Energy flow, Reduce Erosion, Purify Water and Air, Regulate climate, Store Carbon, Habitats |
| Forest Economic Services | Fuelwood, Lumber, Paper, Mining, Livestock grazing, Recreation, jobs |
| Years of Growth | Seedlings ...15 years remove weak trees, 30 years Clear Cut |
| Causes of Degradation of Tropical Forests | Not valuing services, timber and crop exports, government policies, poverty, population growth, roads, fires, logging, |
| Prescribed Fires | ... |
| Kenaf | ... |
| Hemp | ... |
| Debt for nature swaps | Countries who owe money can sell tropical forests to wealthy countries |
| Rangelands | Unfenced in grasslands |
| Forage | vegetation |
| grazing | grass eating |
| browsing | shrub eating |
| Pastures | managed grasslands |
| Overgrazing | number of organisms grazing exceeds the carrying capacity |
| Undergrazing | Reduction of primary productivity from under use |
| Riparian Zones | Lush vegetation along streams |
| Rotational Grazing | ... |
| Conservation easements | ... |
| Threats to National Parks | too small to sustain large species, non native species, ecological disruption |
| Buffer zone Concept | Protecting an inner core reserve |
| Habitat Corridors | ... |
| Wilderness | ... |
| Ecosystem 4 Point Plan | Map global ecosystems and create and inventory, Locate and protect most endangered ecosystems and species, restore as many ecosystems, make bio-friendly development a tax write-off |
| Biodiversity Hot Spots | ... |
| Life Raft Ecosystems | Small ecosystems keeping the poor alive but are very stressed |
| 4 ways to approach Eco-restoration | Restoration, Rehabilitation, Replacement, Creating Artifical ecosystems |
| Applied Ecology | Inventing habitats to conserve species diversity in places where people work and play. |
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