Forest Ecology and Ecosystems
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What is forest fragmentation?

  • A category of forest usually defined by its vegetation
  • The process by which a landscape is broken into small islands of forest within a mosaic of other forms of land use or ownership (correct)
  • The practical application of biological principles to the regeneration of forests
  • The process of reforesting a barren land

    • What is the purpose of forest inventory?

  • To implement forest management principles
  • To collect and store basic resource information for assessing geographical attributes (correct)
  • To conserve forest biodiversity
  • To monitor forest health and disease

    • What is a forest ecosystem characterized by?

  • Only trees and their associated processes
  • A more or less dense and extensive tree cover, often consisting of stands varying in characteristics (correct)
  • Only an organized assemblage of trees, other plants, and animals
  • Only meadows, streams, fish, and wildlife

    • What is forest management concerned with?

    <p>The practical application of biological, physical, quantitative, managerial, economic, social, and policy principles to the management of forests</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a forest cover type?

    <p>A category of forest usually defined by its vegetation, particularly its dominant vegetation as based on percentage cover of trees</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main goal of forest management?

    <p>To meet specified goals and objectives while maintaining the productivity of the forest</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main purpose of Harvest Scheduling in forest management?

    <p>To allocate cutting and other silvicultural treatments</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary goal of Improvement Cutting in forest management?

    <p>To remove less desirable trees and improve composition</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is High-grade Selective Cut in forest management?

    <p>A selective cut of high-value trees</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary function of integrated resource management?

    <p>To balance ecological, physical, economic, and social impacts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of floristic composition in forest management?

    <p>To indicate environmental factors affecting species reproduction</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary purpose of Harvesting in forest management?

    <p>To gather a timber crop</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary purpose of forest regulation?

    <p>To control private forest management through public authority</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What occurs when there is a space in a forest stand due to individual or group tree mortality or blowdown?

    <p>A gap is created</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the beginning of growth of a mature seed, spore, or pollen grain?

    <p>Germination</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the classification of logs, stems, lumber, or seedlings according to quality, value, or function?

    <p>G-3 grading</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the environment where an animal, plant, or population naturally or normally lives and develops?

    <p>Habitat</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a site classification system based on the floristic composition of plant communities?

    <p>Habitat type classification system</p> Signup and view all the answers

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