CHAPTER 10

4. managed grasslands or enclosed meadows usually planted with domesticated grasses or other forage.
5. Replacing a degraded ecosystem with another type of ecosystem.
6. A process wherein a degraded habitat or ecosystem is being returned to a condition as similar as possible to its natural state.
8. is classified as one of the world’s leading failing states because of fuelwood crisis
9. protecting an inner core of a re-serve by usually establishing two buffer zones in which local people can extract resources sustainably without harming the inner core.
11. temporary or permanent removal of large expanses of forest
17. occurs when too many animals graze for too long and exceed the carrying capacity of a rangeland area
18. one of the biggest problems for many parks
20. It is the process of repairing damages caused by humans to the biodiversity and dynamics of natural ecosystem.
21. corridors helps to support more species and allows migration by vertebrates that need large ranges.
22. along with highly valuable ecological services, forests provide us with raw materials, especially ___
23. forest stand of trees resulting from secondary ecological succession

1. Conservancy with more than 1 million members worldwide has created the world’s largest system of private natural areas and wildlife sanctuaries in 30 countries
2. extremely hot fire that leaps from treetop to treetop
3. most efficient way for a logging operation to harvest trees
7. strategy where governments or private conservation organizations pay nations for concessions to preserve their natural resources.
10. growth forest uncut forest that has not been seriously disturbed by human activities or natural disasters for years
12. where absence of grazing for long periods (at least 5 years) can reduce the net primary productivity of grassland vegetation and grass cover.
13. large areas of undeveloped land
14. A new form of conservation biology suggested by Rosenzweig.
15. are unfenced grasslands in temperate and tropical climates that supply forage, or vegetation, for grazing (grass-eating) and browsing (shrub-eating) animals.
16. Turning of a degraded ecosystem into a functional or useful ecosystem without trying to restore it to its original condition.
19. a tree-dwelling monkey found in the forest of East Arc Mountain.
24. main herbivores in the Yellow stone system, are the primary food source for the wolves, but wolves also kill some moose, mule deer, and bison
25. plantation - managed tract with uniformly aged trees of one or two genetically uniform species