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Unit VII Quiz

QUESTION 1

This technological tool used by ecologists can be employed to determine deforestation rates across the world.

		Global positioning system
		Geographic information system
		Remote sensing
		Mapquest

QUESTION 2

Habitat fragmentation can cause abiotic changes in landscape patches. Which of the following is NOT an abiotic factor?

		Radiation flux
		Water flux
		Wind
		Disease outbreak

QUESTION 3

Which of the following practices would not be used to restore longleaf pine savanna in the American South?

		Prescribed fire
		Controlled grazing by cattle
		Planting line seedlings in low densities at the restoration site
		Thinning the forest canopy to create open conditions

QUESTION 4

The Curtis Prairie at the University of Wisconsin was an early successful restoration project for tallgrass prairie. Which of the following restoration treatments was not employed at Curtis Prairie?

		Removal of undesirable herbaceous and woody plants
		Prescribed fire
		Planting and seedling of native species
		Grazing by American bison

QUESTION 5

Forest thinning is done in a conservation area to provide open habitat for a particular plant species. The timber is sold to the highest bidder. What type of ecological service would this action be?

		Provisioning services
		Regulation services
		Cultural services
		Habitat services

QUESTION 6

Match the term to the description

Longleaf pine                                Tallgrass prairie                                   Ovenbird                                                                       Catbird                                                                        Cougar

A. A species best preserved at the landscape scale. B. Needs prescribed fire for restoration. C. A forest interior species rare in fragmented landscapes. D.An edge species common in fragmented landscapes. E.Once covered over 120 million acres from Texas to Canada. F.Occurs in local peat moss-dominated forested wetlands