Modern Forestry

What distinguishes even-aged management practices from uneven-aged management practices?

Even-aged management practices involves clearing trees that _______.

Which of the following forest management practices is best for reestablishing areas of forest?

What fraction of the fossil fuel emissions in the United States could be absorbed by converting 25% of agricultural land in the U.S. to native forests?

Which of the following about carbon sinks is not true?

Which of the following is not part of the role of a forester?

Which of the following statements about forestry education is true?

When is the carbon stored in plants released?

Which of the following forest management practices is the most harmful to forest ecosystems?

The amount of carbon removed by forests in the United States each year is equal to _______.

Removing a specific group of trees within a small area over a long period of time is _______.

Forests are the only carbon sinks on Earth.

How do trees act as carbon sinks?

Reforestation always occurs as a result of human intervention.

The main purpose of a forester is to identify land for timber harvesting.

Which of the following would most likely employ a forester?

Where is the carbon taken in by plants during photosynthesis stored?

How does seed-cutting differ from shelterwood cutting?

A forester is _______

Which method of tree harvesting favors slow-growing trees that are shade-tolerant?

Which of the following is a technology used by foresters?

Why is clearcutting an especially damaging forestry practice for species that rely upon older trees for their survival?