Chapter 12.5 Flashcards
What is the term for branches and logging debris left by loggers?
Slash
What was the united agency Roosevelt created for better management of our country’s natural resources?
US Forest Service
What is the practice of producing more trees than we cut down?
Sustainable forestry
What is the scientific restoration of forests?
Reforestation
What is a forest management system that causes the forest to grow better, stronger trees than it normally would?
Sustained yield management
What is a constant, highly damaging danger to forests?
Fire
What is the technique of deliberately setting fire to a patch of forest under controlled conditions?
Prescribed burning
What are the five categories of tree killing insects?
- Leaf-chewing insects
- Leaf miners
- Wood-eating insects
- Sap-sucking insects
- Gall-making insects
What is the term for the technique animals use to eat trees band by band around the trunk?
Girdle