Exam 10: Forests

Canada's boreal forest produces ________ worth of ecosystem services annually.

Spider populations in forest ecosystems tend to ________.

Describe three differences in the effects of fire and clear-cutting on forest ecosystems.

________ is NOT involved in certifying Canadian forest products.

Canada is the ________ largest exporter of forest products in the world.

Canada, Russia, and Brazil ________.

Large-scale forest fires promotes climate change via ________.

Forest nutrient capital in nutrient-deficient sites can be maximized by ________.

Why are forests an important component of the global carbon cycle? How do forests impact climate? What impact might forests have in the context of a changing climate?

The decline of the northern spotted owl has been mainly attributed to ________.

The global Boreal is the largest terrestrial carbon "bank account" on the planet.

Between the 1990s and the first decade of the twenty-first century, rates of deforestation increased.

The concern about the State of the Forests or State of the Parks reports is that these reports ________.

In Canada, more than ________ species depend on forests habitats.

British Columbia has seen accelerated rates of cutting of forests impacted by the mountain pine beetle infestation.

Approximately ________ of Canada's forests can be classified as old growth.

An intact forest landscape (IFL) ________.

The amount of nutrients removed from harvesting depends upon ________.

Soil erosion following logging can destroy fish habitat.

In the boreal region, more than ________ of the timber productive area has already been logged at least once.