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Chapters 13, 20, 22, 23
agriculture, fisheries, polyculture, intercropping, pests, undernutrition, malnutrition, genetically modified organisms, rangeland, overgrazing
resistant strains, genetic resistance, IPM
commercial extinction, endangered, threatened, rare, minimum viable population, premature extinction, introduced species, hot spots
land use, even-aged management, selective cutting, clear-cutting, fuelwood crisis
Compare three major types of food production.
Describe the green revolution. What were some of the negative environmental impacts?
How are energy and capital important for industrial agriculture?
What is "low impact agriculture"?
Describe the uses of commercial energy that is devoted to food preparation, processing and distribution (Figure 12-7).
How are rangelands managed for maximum food production?
Describe the technologies that are used for open ocean fishing.
Why is low-input agriculture called "doubly green"?
How are "pests" species normally controlled in natural ecosystems?
Describe the "pesticide treadmill".
What are some major goals of pesticide use?
Give an example of integrated pest management. How can this reduce costs?
Describe some major connections between human activities and biodiversity.
Compare three types of extinction.
Compare the effects of habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation on biodiversity.
Compare the differences between the ecosystem and species approach to biodiversity preservation.
Give the major categories of land use in the United States.
Describe the major types of forest management.
Compare the strategies used by Metro to those used by Costa Rica for biodiversity preservation.
What are the differences between resoration and rehabilitation of damaged ecosystems.