Chapter Five

Question 1

1. What is meant by biotic damage?

Answer 1

Pests, diseases, animal damage

Question 2

2. What is meant by abiotic damage?

Answer 2

Fire, frost, wind, drought

Question 3

3. What is Ash dieback?

Answer 3

It’s a fungal pathogen that leads to the death of infected trees

Question 4

4. What is considered the high risk period in months for forest fires?

Answer 4

February to May

Question 5

Q5. Why is it important to check fence lines in your forest/woodlands?

Answer 5

To keep out Deer, Hares, Rabbits, Sheep, Horses and Cattle

Question 6

Q6. What is meant by the term wind-blow/wind-throw (

Answer 6

Used to describe trees that have blown down
Trees that have poor anchorage and a poor root system

Question 7

Q7. Late Frost damage usually occurs in what month?

Answer 7

May

Question 8

Q8. Warmer temperatures and lower rainfall creates what that has an impact on the
success of forests being established?

Answer 8

Drought conditions

Question 9

Q9 The 2014 felling licence act has a duration of how many years?

Answer 9

10 years

Question 10

Q10 what is the purpose of undergoing thinning operations in a woodland?

Answer 10

To provide more growing space for the remaining trees
Too provide timber and income before final harvest