BSC 340 Exam 3 questions with accurate answers
___________________ ecosystems do not recover quickly from
disturbance Ans✓✓✓ Sensitive
A strength of structured decision making is that it Ans✓✓✓
incorporates both values and knowledge to analyze decision options
incorporates management constraints
incorporates multiple, seemingly conflicting values
represents uncertainty in knowledge
A strength of structured decision making is that it first identifies
Ans✓✓✓ objectives
ability of a given level of harvest to produce profits over a long period of
time Ans✓✓✓ Economic viability
Ability of an ecosystem to cope with a given level of use indefinitely
Ans✓✓✓ Sustainability
According to the flux of nature paradigm, ecosystems often Ans✓✓✓
are not near or approaching equilibrium because disturbances are
widespread and frequent
According to the sustainable ecosystem approach, what should the roles
of reserves be? Ans✓✓✓ they should be managed to provide a link
, between conservation and benefits for people, such as allowing some
extraction or tourism revenue to benefit local people
According to the theory of succession, communities Ans✓✓✓ progress
to the climax community
An ecosystem that does not recover quickly from a disturbance is
Ans✓✓✓ sensitive and vulnerable
Claude Jenkins provides guidance Ans✓✓✓ landowners
Coral bleaching Ans✓✓✓ happens naturally but is occurring at an
increased frequency and intensity because of human activity
Developed world pays developing country, or reduces the money it
owes, to protect land Ans✓✓✓ debt for nature swap
Either treatments are not replicated (though samples may be) or
replicates are not statistically independent Ans✓✓✓ pseudoreplication
Excluding people creates resentment and erodes support Ans✓✓✓
political problem
Having more than one experimental (or observational) unit with the
same treatment Ans✓✓✓ replication
___________________ ecosystems do not recover quickly from
disturbance Ans✓✓✓ Sensitive
A strength of structured decision making is that it Ans✓✓✓
incorporates both values and knowledge to analyze decision options
incorporates management constraints
incorporates multiple, seemingly conflicting values
represents uncertainty in knowledge
A strength of structured decision making is that it first identifies
Ans✓✓✓ objectives
ability of a given level of harvest to produce profits over a long period of
time Ans✓✓✓ Economic viability
Ability of an ecosystem to cope with a given level of use indefinitely
Ans✓✓✓ Sustainability
According to the flux of nature paradigm, ecosystems often Ans✓✓✓
are not near or approaching equilibrium because disturbances are
widespread and frequent
According to the sustainable ecosystem approach, what should the roles
of reserves be? Ans✓✓✓ they should be managed to provide a link
, between conservation and benefits for people, such as allowing some
extraction or tourism revenue to benefit local people
According to the theory of succession, communities Ans✓✓✓ progress
to the climax community
An ecosystem that does not recover quickly from a disturbance is
Ans✓✓✓ sensitive and vulnerable
Claude Jenkins provides guidance Ans✓✓✓ landowners
Coral bleaching Ans✓✓✓ happens naturally but is occurring at an
increased frequency and intensity because of human activity
Developed world pays developing country, or reduces the money it
owes, to protect land Ans✓✓✓ debt for nature swap
Either treatments are not replicated (though samples may be) or
replicates are not statistically independent Ans✓✓✓ pseudoreplication
Excluding people creates resentment and erodes support Ans✓✓✓
political problem
Having more than one experimental (or observational) unit with the
same treatment Ans✓✓✓ replication
