Forest Protection

Question 1

Pest

Answer 1

Organisms that damage or interfere with desirable plants in fields and orchards, landscapes, or wildlands, or damage homes or other structures.

Question 2

3 controls for managing insects

Answer 2

Silvicultural, biological, chemical

Question 3

What is Integrated Pest Management?

Answer 3

an ecosystem-based strategy focusing on long-term prevention of pests or their damage through a combination of techniques.

Question 4

IPM Cycle

Answer 4

Identification, monitoring, action, evaluation, inspection

Question 5

3 categories of tree diseases

Answer 5

Abiotic, Biotic, Decline

Question 6

Exotic species

Answer 6

Non-native to that specific area

Question 7

Invasive species

Answer 7

Any kind of living organism that is not native to an ecosystem and causes harm

Question 8

Populations

Answer 8

Endemic Stage, Epidemic Stage, Reproductive potential, environmental resistance

Question 9

Endemic Stage

Answer 9

Present in normal numbers and doing little to no damage to trees

Question 10

Epidemic Stage

Answer 10

Population reaches point where annual tree losses due to insects in forest exceed annual growth

Question 11

Reproductive Potential

Answer 11

Ability of an insect to multiply in the absence of any control

Question 12

Forest Pathology

Answer 12

Study of tree diseases

Question 12

Environmental Resistance

Answer 12

Force working against insects reaching huge proportions

Question 13

Decline diseases

Answer 13

Combination of abiotic and biotic factors