Pearson Environmental Science Chapter 11 Terms Flashcards

8852045300	Resource Management	The managing of resource harvesting so that resources are not depleted	0
8852045301	Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY)	The largest amount of a resource that can be used without long-term damage to the resource	1
8852045302	Ecosystem-based Management	Harvesting resources in ways that minimize the impact on the ecosystems that provide them	2
8852045303	Adaptive management	A customized approach to managing resources that has been developed through scientific testing	3
8852045304	Even-aged	A condition in timber plantations in which all the trees are the same age	4
8852045305	Uneven-aged	Forest regrowth in which the trees are different ages; occurs after selective logging	5
8852045306	Clear-cutting	a method of harvesting trees in which all trees in an area are cut at once	6
8852045307	Seed-tree Approach	A method of harvesting trees, in which a small number of mature and healthy seed-producing trees are left standing so they can reseed an area that has been logged.	7
8852045308	Shelterwood Approach	A method of harvesting trees, in which a small number of mature trees are left in place to provide shelter for seedlings as they grow	8
8852045309	Selection System	A method of harvesting trees in which only some of the trees in a forest are cut at one time	9
8852045310	Deforestation	The clearing of a forest for another land use	10
8852045311	Old-growth forest	A forest that has never been logged	11
8852045312	Multiple use	A policy that states that the national forests must serve a number of uses (e.g., recreation, wildlife habitat, mining, grazing, and timber)	12
8852045313	Monoculture	A large planting of just one kind of crop	13
8852045314	Prescribed burn	The process of setting fire to an area of forest under carefully controlled conditions; also called controlled burn	14
8852045315	Salvage Logging	The removal of dead trees following a natural disturbance	15
8852045316	Sustainable forestry certification	A formal recognition by an organization (e.g., the International Organization for Standardization, the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, and the Forest Stewardship Council) that a product has been produced using methods and materials the organization considers to be sustainable.	16