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24 Cards in this Set
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Forest |
Area where trees cover more than 10% of land |
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Savanna |
Open prairie or grassland with scattered groves of trees |
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Closed Canopy |
Forest where tree crowns spread over 20% of ground |
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Old Growth Forest |
Forest free from disturbances |
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Monoculture Forestry |
Intensive planting of a single species |
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Deforestation |
Removing trees from forests |
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Clear Cutting |
Cutting every tree in a given area |
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Shelterwood Harvesting |
Mature trees are removed from forests |
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Strip Cutting |
Harvesting trees in strips |
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Selective Cutting |
Harvesting only mature trees of a certain species & size |
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Ecosystem Management |
Integration of ecological, economic & social goals |
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Pastoralist |
People who live by herding domestic animals |
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Desertification |
Denuding & degrading a once fertile land |
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Overgrazing |
Allowing domestic livestock to eat so much plant material that degrades biological community |
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Rotational Grazing |
Force animals to eat everything evenly |
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Forbe |
Herbaceous plant (except grass) growing in a field |
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Paper Park |
Parks that are only in the planting phase & has yet to be established |
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World Conservation Strategy |
Proposal for maintaining essential ecological processes |
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MAB Program |
Divides protected areas in zones for different purposes |
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Biosphere Preserves |
World heritage sites identified by IUN as worthy for national parks |
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SLOSS Dilemma |
Debate over whether it's better to make reserves large in size & few in number or many in number but small in size |
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Core Habitat |
Habitat patch large enough with ecological characteristics suitable to support a critical mass of species that makes up a specific community |
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Edge Effect |
Change in species composition, physical conditions or other ecological factors |
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Corridors |
Srtrips of natural habitat |