Forest Ecology Exam 1
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10 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Biome | ecosystem |
| Pools | ... |
| Fluxes | ... |
| Physiognomy | The form and function of plants. Can be used as a map unit. |
| Physiography | Configuration of the earth's surface, its geologic features (parent material), and landforms (mountains, plains, valleys, lowlands). Texas is tightly linked to this. |
| Holocene | The present epoch which began about 10,000 years ago, after the retreat of the ice of the last glaciation, and is sometimes regarded as another interglacial period. |
| Pleistocene | Began two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution. |
| Anthropocene | The current geological age, viewed as having begun about 200 years ago with the significant impact of human activity on the ecosphere. |
| Angiosperm | Deciduous trees. |
| Gymnosperm | Conifers. |
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