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The results of the Widenings et al. study show that the concession type of the households' residential
area is the main determinant of a households' ________. - correct answer ✔✔Land Use
What is not a form of natural disturbance in rainforests? - correct answer ✔✔Logging
Nutrient cycling is extremely important in rainforest because the plant grow on red and yellow clay-like
soils. - correct answer ✔✔Laterite
Which of the following is not one of the specific environmental concerns of deforestation? - correct
answer ✔✔Species Expansion
Which of the following is not a realistic or useful goal for rainforest restoration? - correct answer
✔✔Assisting local communities to develop ways of deriving livelihoods through exploring ways of
increasing land degradation.
Succession in restoration ecology is defined as____? - correct answer ✔✔The gradual change from one
community to another.
Approximately what percent of cancer fighting medications come from rainforest plants? - correct
answer ✔✔66%
Which of the following is not a consequence of deforestation? - correct answer ✔✔Economic certainty
from price stabilization and low interest rates on outstanding international loans
Which of the following is not a layer of the rainforest structure? - correct answer ✔✔Interstitial
, Which of the following is not one of the internal processes of the forest restoration? - correct answer
✔✔All the other choices are internal processes
Pollen analysis and soil micro carbon analysis can provide information on all the following except? -
correct answer ✔✔The Entire Historic Ecosystem Function
Which of the following is the least viable option when reference forests are not available? - correct
answer ✔✔Old growth characteristics
What is the primary goal of forest restoration? - correct answer ✔✔Restore balance between human
needs and biodiversity.
Which of the following is not a potential criterion for delineating areas of greatest priority? - correct
answer ✔✔Areas of high human population density
Which of the following is not an input of the forest soil processes? - correct answer ✔✔Eroded Soil
What is not a benefit of coarse wood debris? - correct answer ✔✔All of the other answers are benefits
Afforestation is defined as? - correct answer ✔✔When an area has not been forested for at least 50
years and is converted to forestland through plantings, seeding, or induced promotion of natural seed
sources.
What is not a concern when storing acorns for most oak species? - correct answer ✔✔All the other
choices are valid concerns
Which of the following is a characteristic of a noninvasive species? - correct answer ✔✔Stagnant
geographically
What is the main cause of native oak ecosystems to be less competitive against shade tolerant species? -
correct answer ✔✔Fire Suppression
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