Chapter 12: Forests, Forest Management, and Protected Areas

Question 1

Forest

Answer 1

Any ecosystem with a high density of trees

Question 2

Forest types

Answer 2

Categories defined by dominant tree species

Question 3

Canopy

Answer 3

Upper level of leaves and branches in the treetops

Question 4

Subacnopy

Answer 4

Middle and Lower portions of tree

Question 5

Understory

Answer 5

Shrubs and small trees

Question 6

Primary forest

Answer 6

Natural forest uncut by people

Question 7

Secondary forest

Answer 7

Filled with secondary growth trees, planted after older ones cut

Question 8

Resource management

Answer 8

Use of strategies to manage and regulate harvest of renewable resources

Question 9

Maximum Sustainable Yield

Answer 9

Get the most without depleting a resource so much it can’t rebound

Question 10

Even aged vs uneven-aged forestry

Answer 10

Uneven-aged allows for more biodiversity since more kinds of habitats

Question 11

New forestry

Answer 11

Cut timber to mimic natural disturbances

Question 12

Salvage Logging

Answer 12

Taking dead, burnt trees out of area after fire. Good to leave it there though

Question 13

National Parks

Answer 13

Public lands protected from resource extraction and development but open to recreation

Question 14

National wildlife refuge

Answer 14

Havens, some human interaction like hunting

Question 15

Wilderness areas

Answer 15

Off limits to development and open to low impact public rec

Question 16

Land Trusts

Answer 16

Local or regional organizations that purchase land to preserve it in its natural condition

Question 17

Edge effects

Answer 17

Impacts that result because conditions along fragments edge differ from interior

Question 18

Area effect

Answer 18

Large islands have more species than small