BIOL 1070 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Adaptive Management, Ecosystem Services, Species Richness
26 Feb 2016
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Dairy bush: cepea nemoralis (european snail, common buckthorn most prominent in this woodlot, cepea nemoralis (european snail, common buckthorn, garlic mustard (most prominent on access trails) Key terms forest fragmentation a form of habitat fragmentation, occurring when forests are cut down in a manner that leaves relatively small, isolated patches of forest known as forest fragments or forest remnants. Intermediate disturbance hypothesis (idh) highest species richness will likely occur at an intermediate level of intensity/ frequency of natural disturbance. Small/ infrequent disturbances create gaps that can be filled by new species, thus increasing diversity. For example, carbon recycling, animal waste filtering from adjacent farms, and filtering of watersheds. adaptive management uses ecosystem management as a tool to alter the functioning of an ecosystem. It is an approach designed to test hypotheses about the functioning of the ecosystem and often starts with identifying uncertainties, and then establishing methodologies to test hypotheses concerning those uncertainties.
