FES240 Crossword Spring 2019

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Across
  1. 1. Physical aspect resulting from nutrient deficiency.
  2. 3. Organelle in which photosynthesis occurs
  3. 6. The process of breaking down glucose to produce stored energy and two molecules of pyruvate.
  4. 8. The ecosystem services necessary for the production of all other ecosystem services.
  5. 9. The aqueous fluid in chloroplasts
  6. 10. Mesophyll structure in leaves designed for light acquisition.
  7. 13. The set of environments in which a species normally lives.
  8. 15. An organism that consumes other organisms for food.
  9. 16. Type of molecules built around chains or rings of C
  10. 17. Overstory trees continue to die allowing new cohorts to establish in the overstory and form an uneven-aged stand
  11. 18. An organism that makes its own food from sunlight.
  12. 21. Mesophyll structure in leaves designed for acquiring CO2.
  13. 23. Stage where following a major disturbance new individuals appear until all available growing space is fully occupied
  14. 25. An individual living entity.
  15. 28. The speed or likelihood that an ecosystem recovers to its original state after a disturbance perturbation or period of stress.
  16. 31. The number of species in an area.
  17. 32. Structure in leaves designed for transport of water nutrients and other chemicals.
  18. 34. Chemicals in photosynthesis that specialize in light capture.
  19. 35. The relative ability of a species to survive and grow in the shade of a forest canopy.
  20. 37. Materials left by previous living occupants.
  21. 40. The directional change in stand age composition and structure over time.
  22. 41. The broad geographic area occupied by a species.
  23. 44. The aboveground portion of a plant community formed by the collection of plant crowns.
  24. 45. A group of similar cells carrying out the same function.
  25. 46. The second most abundant element in plants
  26. 47. Waxy covering on epidermis that decreases water loss.
  27. 48. A tree whose crown is completely overtopped by the crowns of one or more neighboring trees.
  28. 51. The smallest fundamental unit of structure and function in living things.
Down
  1. 2. A seral stage that can be maintained by periodic disturbance resulting in arrested successional development.
  2. 4. Biochemical pathway that uses oxygen to release energy from chemical bonds releasing CO2.
  3. 5. The tendency of an ecosystem to move to a new state after a disturbance perturbation or period of stress.
  4. 7. Morphogenic response that helps plants avoid becoming overtopped.
  5. 11. The development of a plant community on a previously colonized site after a disturbance or removal of the original community.
  6. 12. Molecules designed to perceive light and initiate biological effects in plants.
  7. 14. Hormone that plays an important role in responses to drought including stomatal closure under water stress
  8. 19. Type of morphogenic responses resulting from changes in turgor (water pressure).
  9. 20. Key chemical messengers that allow plants to respond to the environment.
  10. 22. Biochemical pathway that ‘fixes’ carbon from CO2 into sugars.
  11. 24. A discrete event or force that disrupts the structure and composition of communities ecosystems and landscapes.
  12. 26. Hormone that inhibits outgrowth of axillary buds.
  13. 27. Undeveloped shoots or flowers.
  14. 29. The development of plant communities on newly formed sites that previously lacked plants.
  15. 30. The process of breaking down pyruvate to produce CO2 and lactic acid or alcohol in the absence of oxygen.
  16. 33. The ability of an ecosystem to resist change after a disturbance perturbation or period of stress.
  17. 36. A tree whose crown helps to form the general level of the main canopy or the canopy occupied by its immediate neighbors. It receives full light from above and little from the sides.
  18. 38. “The art and science of controlling the establishment growth composition health and quality of forests and woodlands to meet the diverse needs and values of landowners and society on a sustainable basis” (SAF)
  19. 39. Flood control is this type of ecosystem service.
  20. 42. A specialized plant tissue of actively dividing cells that forms new tissues.
  21. 43. The mostly dead tissue that transports water from roots to leaves.
  22. 49. The live tissue that transports sugars within plants from source to sink.
  23. 50. A standing dead tree.