Ecosystem Management & Sustainability Practices Flashcards
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Which ecological concept describes the maximum population size an environment can sustainably support?
Answer: Carrying capacity
Carrying capacity (K) is the maximum population size a given environment can support indefinitely given available resources.
Under the Endangered Species Act, what is required before a species can be 'delisted'?
Answer: Recovery criteria in the species' recovery plan must be met
Delisting requires demonstrating that species-specific recovery criteria outlined in the approved recovery plan have been achieved.
A watershed management plan identifies nitrogen loading as the primary stressor in a lake. Which best management practice (BMP) most directly reduces agricultural non-point source nitrogen runoff?
Answer: Installing riparian buffer strips
Riparian buffer strips intercept and denitrify nitrogen-laden runoff before it reaches the water body.
Adaptive management differs from traditional resource management primarily because it:
Answer: Uses management interventions as experiments with structured monitoring and adjustment
Adaptive management treats actions as structured experiments, using monitoring data to iteratively adjust management strategies.
The triple bottom line framework in sustainability accounting measures performance across which three dimensions?
Answer: People, planet, profit
The triple bottom line (TBL) framework evaluates organizational performance across social (people), environmental (planet), and economic (profit) dimensions.
Which tool is used to systematically identify and evaluate the environmental impacts of a proposed federal action in the United States?
Answer: Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is required under NEPA for major federal actions significantly affecting the environment.
In landscape ecology, a 'corridor' primarily functions to:
Answer: Connect fragmented habitat patches to facilitate wildlife movement
Corridors link isolated habitat patches, enabling wildlife dispersal, gene flow, and recolonization, which is critical for biodiversity conservation.