Forest Resources Flashcards
(21 cards)
Canopy
The uppermost layer of vegetation in the forest
Carbon Sequestration
Natural or artificial process by which carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere and kept in solid or liquid form.
Cellulose
An organic compound that can be used in paper.
Climax Community
A community of organisms that have reached the end point of primary succession.
Coppicing
A process which occurs when trees are cut to ground level every few years
Deciduous
The process when trees annually lose their leaves
Evapotranspiration
The release of water through both evaporation and transpiration.
Forest Parks
Forest areas that are open to the public for recreation
Forest Stewardship Council
FSC: an organisation that is responsible for the certification of sustainable forestry operations
Forestry Commission
An organisation that is responsible for the expansion and protection of British woodland and forests
Maximum Sustainable Yield
The size of a natural population at which it can be routinely exploiters without long term depletion.
National Forest
An area on East England where wood creation and countryside management is used to benefit the wildlife and community.
Net Primary Productivity
NPP: energy captured by an autotroph during respiration but not used during photosynthesis.
Pollarding
The process where trees are cut between 4 - 8 feet above the ground every few years
Primary Productivity
Energy captured during photosynthesis.
Stomata
Pores on a leaf through which gases are exchanged and transpired water is lost.
Stratification
The vegetative layers in a forest
Tagia
The northern conifer forest biome found in Scandinavia, Canada and Russia
Temperate
A climate which has seasons of roughly the same length and rarely experiences extreme temperatures.
Tropics
The region of Earth around the middle surrounding the equator.
Understory
The layer of tree vegetation that is beneath the canopy layer.
