Links:
Online exams: https://www.eztestonline.com/207829/index.tpx
Chapter images: http://physics.hpa.edu/physics/apenvsci/cc15/chapt06_image.pdf
Online grades: http://physics.hpa.edu/~admin/grades/apes/
APES resources folder: http://physics.hpa.edu/physics/apenvsci/
Textbook: Cunningham and Cunningham: http://physics.hpa.edu/physics/apenvsci/cc15/
Practice Exam: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073383244/student_view0/chapter6/practice_quiz.html
Global Footprint exercise:
National Parks:
http://physics.hpa.edu/physics/video/national-parks/
(each file has two versions: full and reduced size)
Ansel Adams:
http://physics.hpa.edu/physics/video/ansel_adams.mp4
smaller version:
http://physics.hpa.edu/physics/video/ansel_adams_1.mp4
If you'd like to download these for off campus viewing for class (Justin, Kulan) see me.
Dustbowl video:
http://physics.hpa.edu/physics/video/dustbowl/ReadMe.html
Tragedy of the commons: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons
Text notes:
Chapter 6 notes
Forests/grasslands/parks/preserves (not the strawberry kind)
Preservation can be for many reasons, even remote areas
Forests
Greatest deforestation country: Brazil
Greatest deforestation continent: Africa
closed canopy, old growth forests
monoculture: economically sound but environmentally dangerous
GIS used to map out territory can also be integrated into animal tracking
Debt for nature swaps-economic predation
harvest methods: clear cut, strip cut, selective cutting (best)
fire management: counter intuitive
ecosystem management: integrated approach: economic, ecological and social
Grasslands
grazing
Desertification-can be from over grazing, over cultivation or over-irrigation
non-sustainable ag vs. sustainable ag (next chapter too)
Parks
Agora-Greeks
Preserves vs parks
poorly administered, corruption/economic predation
NPS-about 100 years old in US, older in Canada (why not in Europe?)
IUCN world strategy: since ecosystems cross national borders, need a global approach
World conservation strategy
Marine ecosystems: NW Hawaiian islands example
MAB: man and biosphere program
core habitat/edge effects: landscape ecology
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