Lecture 1

Question 1

What is the vision statement for REM?

Answer 1

An ecologically sustainable, socially just world where natural and social systems co-exist in balance and harmony

Question 2

What does sustainable use integrate?

Answer 2

Social progress and ecological resilience

Question 3

What is a key goal of REM?

Answer 3

Improve sustainable use of natural capital by applying scientific data, ecological theory, ecological models, critical thinking and adaptive management to societal decisions

Question 4

What does DEMANDS stand for?

Answer 4

Data from Science
Ecological theory
Models
Adaptive maNagement
Decision frameworkds
Social context

Question 5

What are the three things that make science different from other ways of learning about the world?

Answer 5

It is Transparent, Repeatable and Universal

Question 6

What are the three factors that are essential to science?

Answer 6

Critical thought, Skepticism and Protocols

Question 7

What do you say to “good morning?

Answer 7

Show me the data

Question 8

What is the first thing you do after collecting data?

Answer 8

Plot it

Question 9

What are the X and Y axes of a time series plot?

Answer 9

N on the Y axis

t on the X axis

Question 10

What are the X and Y axes of a population rate of change plot?

Answer 10

dN/dt on the Y axis and N on the X axis

Question 11

what are the X and Y axes of a per capita rate of change plot?

Answer 11

dN/dt/n on the Y axis

N on the X axis

Question 12

What does DEMANDS stand for?

Answer 12

Data from science
Ecological theory
Models
Adaptive maNagement
Decision making frameworks
Social context

Question 13

What is ecology?

Answer 13

The scientific study of the interactions that determine the distribution and abundance of organisms

Question 14

What is natural history?

Answer 14

Observing natura and commenting on those observations. No comparative treatments

Question 15

What is conservation?

Answer 15

A social process to protect the environment

Question 16

What are models?

Answer 16

abstractions of reality that capture key features of complex systems that enable things like prediction, hypothesis development, forecasting, explanation and generalization, sensitivity analysis and determining research or management priorities

Question 17

What is adaptive management?

Answer 17

It is learning by doing, treats management as experiments and uses experimental design with quantifiable objectives

Question 18

What are the steps of adaptive management?

Answer 18

Assess the problem
Design management
Implement management
sample
evaluate
adjust