Landscape ecology - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Political ecology correct answers multi-scalar approach to study political forces underlining access, management, and transformation of environmental resources and is shaped by relations of power common set of assumptions, consistent mode of explanation Paul Robbins correct answers "ecology is inherently political" "Any tug on the strands of the global web of human-environment linkages reverberates throughout the system as a whole" "ecology is inherently political" corr...

Geog120 - Exam 1 geomorphology - ANSWER-the geography of a landscape, focusing on the structuring of Earth's surface climatology - ANSWER-the study of climates and their spatial distribution biogeography - ANSWER-plant biology, zoology, and ecology from a geographic perspective soil geography - ANSWER-spatial patterns of soils, their distribution, and their relationships to climate, vegetation, and humankind marine geography - ANSWER-involving humans, includes maritime boundaries, comp...

What is landscape to those scholars that study ecology? provide at least 2 definitions. - area that you see from an airplane -area that is spatially heterogeneous in at least one factor of interest. - is a mosaic where a mix of local ecosystems is repeated in a similar form for over a kilometer wide area. what is landscape ecology? provide also any typical 'subtitles' that are used along with the name of this field. The development of spatial heterogeneity , spatial and temporal interac...

NCSU BIO 181 Exam 2What is ecology? - correct answer the study of how organisms interact with each other and with their environment What are the 5 areas of ecological study? - correct answer -Organismal: study of physiological, evolutionary, and behavioral mechanisms used by individual organisms to meet ecological needs -Population: how populations interact with their environment, how and why the # of individuals changes over time, the proportion of males to females, age of individuals, how ...

Test Bank For Elements Of Ecology Canadian 9th Edition By Smith Chapter 1: The Nature of Ecology PART 1 The Physical Environment Chapter 2: Climate Chapter 3: The Aquatic Environment Chapter 4: The Terrestrial Environment PART 2 The Organism and its Environment Chapter 5: Adaptation and Natural Selection Chapter 6: Plant Adaptations to the Environment Chapter 7: Animal Adaptations to the Environment PART 3 Populations Chapter 8: Properties of Populations Chapter 9: Population Growth Chapter 10:...

Biol 203 Ecology Final Exam CompletelBiogeography - ANSWER Study of variation in species composition and diversity across geographic locations regional species pool - ANSWER all the species contained within a region (gamma diversity) gamma diversity - ANSWER total species diversity in a landscape alpha diversity - ANSWER Species physiology and interactions with other species are important factors in the resulting species diversity beta diversity - ANSWER change in species, or turnove...

Biogeography - ANSWER Study of variation in species composition and diversity across geographic locations regional species pool - ANSWER all the species contained within a region (gamma diversity) gamma diversity - ANSWER total species diversity in a landscape alpha diversity - ANSWER Species physiology and interactions with other species are important factors in the resulting species diversity beta diversity - ANSWER change in species, or turnover, from one community type to another...

Forest (FAO) correct answers -an area of land dominated by tree vegetation -an area more than 0.5 ha -tree more than 5m -canopy cover over 10% Forest (Ahston) correct answers A collection of forest stands and non forested ecosystems administered as a single management unit managment correct answers exerting purposeful influence on something with intent to achieve a desired objective Primary spatial scales correct answers 1. tree 2. stand 3. landscape level forest management corr...

Design, planning, and management of the land to serve human needs, health, safety, and welfare while conserving natural resources - Answer- landscape architecture distribution of activities, goods, services, structures, roads, and other infrastructure in a conscious and discernible pattern to achieve a defined goal - Answer- planning a process of consciously articulated 3D spatial object(s) or space(s) as part of a thought process to create environments for living within an aesthetic frame...

apes unit 4 questions & answers rated A+ restoration ecology - correct answer the study and implementation of restoring damaged ecosystems Watershed - correct answer all land in a given landscape that drains into a particular stream, river, lake, or wetland characteristics of a watershed - correct answer 1. area (reflects volume of water that can be generated from a rainfall) 2. length (can be measured in different ways and generally considered the principal flowpath 3. slope (affects...