Chapter 24

Question 1

A component of ecosystem management in which management actions are seen as experiments and future management decisions are determined by the outcome of present decisions.

Answer 1

Adaptive Management

Question 2

A portion of a nature reserve surrounding a core natural area where controls on land use are less stringent than in the core natural area, yet land uses are at least partially compatible with many species’ resource requirements.

Answer 2

Buffer Zone

Question 3

A portion of a nature reserve where the conservation of biodiversity and ecological integrity takes precedence over other values or uses.

Answer 3

Core Natural Area

Question 4

An approach to habitat management in which scientifically based policies and practices guide decisions on how best to meet an overarching goal of sustaining ecosystem structure and function for long periods.

Answer 4

Ecosystem Management

Question 5

Abiotic and biotic changes that are associated with an abrupt habitat boundary such as that created by habitat fragmentation.

Answer 5

Edge Effects

Question 6

A relatively narrow patch that connects blocks of habitat and often facilitates the movement of species between those blocks.

Answer 6

Habitat corridor

Question 7

An area that is spatially heterogeneous in one or more features of the environment, such as the number or arrangement of different habitat types; typically includes multiple ecosystems.

Answer 7

Landscape

Question 8

In landscape ecology, the kinds of elements or patches comprised by a landscape and how much of each kind is present.

Answer 8

Landscape Composition

Question 9

In landscape ecology, the physical configuration of the different compositional elements of a landscape.

Answer 9

Landscape Structure

Question 10

The spatial or temporal dimension at which ecological observations are collected.

Answer 10

Scale