APES Chapter 12 Review

Most forest resource managers aim to maintain resource populations ________ of the curve

Many forest resource managers aim to maintain resource populations in the middle because it delivers the ________.

If forests are strictly managed according to the maximum sustainable yield model, some biodiversity sill be lost because species whose habitat depends on ________ will be excluded

Established under the leadership of Gifford Pinchot to manage forests for "the greatest good of the greatest number in the long run"

Mission is to protect natural resources for future generations through use restrictions and prohibition of resource extraction, but provides public access for current enjoyment

Manages national wildlife refuges that serve as wildlife havens; encourages hunting, fishing, wildlife observation, photography, and environmental education

Private land trust that purchases and protects areas in natural condition

Manages world heritage sites, which include sites of cultural and natural importance

Fire history in an open pine woodland ecosystem would be best determined by ________.

was left without resources when the Malaysian government allowed clear-cutting in their forest

The first national park was ________.

Which of the following gave the president authority to declare selected public lands as national monuments?

Land trusts are ________

The SLOSS dilemma involves controversy over ________

In the United States, most logging takes place in ________ in the north and ________ in the south

has the greatest impacts in tropical areas and arid regions

Why do developing nations impose few or no restrictions on logging?

removes all trees from an area

Most of the world's forests occur as ________

Most commercial logging today takes place in ________.

The U.N. FAO's Global Forest Resources Assessment of 2010 concluded that deforestation has _______ but we still lose forests at the rate of _____ million ha/yr

tree harvesting methods that leave seed-producing or mature trees uncut to provide for future forests

was passed in 1976 with the intent to ensure multiple use and sustainable yield of national forest land

directs timber companies to remove small trees, underbrush, and dead trees to reduce fires in national forest land

off-limits to development of any kind but are open to low-impact recreation

areas protected on paper but not in reality due to lack of funding

forests that establish themselves after virgin timber has been removed from an area

Forests reach their greatest ecological complexity when they are ________.

The latest information tells us that salvage logging tend to ________

suggests that as the number of species increases with the size of the island; all else being equal, larger islands contain more species

used in forests that are subject to severe wild fires to remove fuel load and stimulate new growth

gives wealthy nations carbon-offsets if they pay poorer nations to conserve forests

prohibits new road construction in national forests and was reinstated in 2009

a particular problem when formerly large habitats are reduced to small fragments

The tendency of humans to want to live in these Sky Islands, visit them for recreation, and use them for lumber or for wood pulp, causes increased _______