AP Environmental Science › Forests
Swidden agriculture is used mostly in rainforest areas. Plots that are made in this way are typically abandoned in only a few years due to poor soil quality.
Swidden agriculture is also known as __________.
Oak is very profitable as a firewood, but oak stands take long periods of time to mature, often hundreds of years. Oak saplings aren't very shade-tolerant and soil erosion from over-logging is a very pressing issue. Oak saplings form in the immediate area to which the parent tree drops the acorns. Which of the following harvest methods would be optimal for both the hardwood ecosystem and timber yields?
Skyler is a forest ranger in the Washington Parks. His job is to preserve a track of forest that has never been cut. What type of forest is this?
What timber-harvesting method involves clearing the majority of mature trees in a stand while leaving some mature trees to provide seeds to replenish the stand?
From the 1930s onward, suppression of forest fires has been common practice in United States land management, particularly in the management of Western coniferous stands. Which of the following is NOT a consequence of this type of management?
Which is the definition of "seed-tree cutting?"