APES vocab Flashcards
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| 9873671507 | Pesticide treadmill | Cycle with development of pesticide, followed by pest resistance, followed by new pesticide development |  | 0 |
| 9873671508 | CAFO | (Concentrated animal feeding operations)-industrial agriculture method with structures holding livestock designed for maximum output |  | 1 |
| 9873671509 | Bycatch | Other species (other than target species) unintentionally caught when fishing |  | 2 |
| 9873671510 | Salinization | Small amounts of salt from irrigation water build up on soil degradation |  | 3 |
| 9873671511 | Intercropping | Two or more crops are planted in one field (nutrient exchange occurs) | 4 | |
| 9873671512 | Desertification | Arable land becomes desert-y or unproductive due to weather changes or unproductive land use |  | 5 |
| 9873751774 | Essential growth model | growth model that estimates a population's future size. | 6 | |
| 9873794906 | Survivorship curve | graph that represents distinct patterns of species' survival as a function of age |  | 7 |
| 9873894359 | Rangeland | (Dry) open land for grazing cattle. Semiarid ecosystems. |  | 8 |
| 9873904954 | Clear-cutting | Harvesting trees by cutting them down all at once and replanting at the same time |  | 9 |
| 9873925282 | Selective-cutting | cutting down only the best trees individually or in a small group, leaving the rest of the forest undisturbed |  | 10 |
| 9874004579 | Urban Sprawl | Spreading urbanization into rural areas | 11 |