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8 Cards in this Set
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conditions and processes through which natural ecosystems and species that make them up sustain human life |
ecosystem services |
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the return of a damaged ecosystem to a productive and socially acceptable condition short of restoration |
reclamation/rehabilitation |
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construction of an ecosystem on a site that had a different type of ecosystem before being damaged occurred |
creation |
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process of allowing damaged ecosystems to recover from disturbance without human intervention |
abandonment/passive restoration |
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attempted alleviation of any or all detrimental effects from a given action |
mitigation |
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planting trees, not necessarily native species, often for timber production |
reforestation |
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3 limitations/constraints to restoration |
-lack of a reference system -difficulty of recreating natural disturbance -lack of understanding of ecology and ecosystem functioning (also): cost, cultural values, climate change, etc. |
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ecosystem without analogs in the natural environment that develop in response to radically altered environmental changes caused by social, economic, and cultural activities |
novel ecosystem |
