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APES-Ecosystem services Questions and Answers Resistance Measure of how much a disturbance can affect the flows of energy and matter. EX- a fire might diminish a particular species but the primary productivity of all producers might remain the same High resistance When a disturbance influ...

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APES-Ecosystem services Questions
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Resistance - answer Measure of how much a disturbance can affect the flows of
energy and matter. EX- a fire might diminish a particular species but the primary
productivity of all producers might remain the same

High resistance - answer When a disturbance influences populations and
communities but has no effect on overall flows of energy and matter

Resilience - answer Rate at which an ecosystem returns to it's original state after a
disturbance

Highly resilient - answer Returns to original state rapidly

Less resilient - answer Returns to original state more slowly

Restoration ecology - answer Growing interest in restoring damaged ecosystems
has led to the creation of a new scientific discipline-____.

Immediate disturbance hypothesis - answer Ecosystems experiencing intermediate
levels of disturbance are more diverse than those with high or low disturbance levels

Instrumental value - answer Worth as an instrument or tool that's used to accomplish
a goal. (Lumber)

Intrinsic value - answer Worth independent to any benefit it may provide (moral value
of animal life...)

Ecosystem services - answer Provisions, regulating services, support services,
resilience and cultural services

Provisions - answer Goods that humans can use directly (lumber, crops, rubber,
furs)

Regulating services - answer Provide us with more time for climate changes,
regulate nutrient and hydrologic cycles

Support systems - answer Pollination of food crops (bees and other insects.) Provide
habitats for animals that pollinate crops. Filter pathogens from water.

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