Chapter 13- Restoration Ecology

Conversion of an agricultural field into a tall grass prairie by planting native grasses and reintroducing native herbivore species

• Mitigation

• Bioremediation

• Restoration

• Reclamation

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Returning a strip mine to its original topography and replanting with native plant species

• Mitigation

• Bioremediation

• Restoration

• Reclamation

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Using oil degrading microorganisms on an oil spill from a tanker

• Mitigation

• Bioremediation

• Restoration

• Reclamation

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Building a new wetland to replace one filled in during construction

• mitigation

• Bioremediation

• Restoration

• Reclamation

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Adding lime to a pond acidified by acid deposition

• Mitigation

• Bioremediation

• Restoration

• Reclamation

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Wetlands are ecologically important because they

• serve as habitat for waterfowl

• have little species diversity

• cannot be used to grow crops

• destabilize shoreline

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A buffalo commons is

• an example of forest management

• proposed by Aldo Leopold as part of his "land ethic"

• a proposal to return rangeland to native animals

• a provision of the CWA of 1977

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Bison are best described as which type of species?

• Indicator

• Invasive

• Keystone

• Fundamental

Wetland restoration could involve all of the following EXCEPT

• removal of alien species

• building a new wetland

• intensive replanting of native species

• prevention of waste discharge

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Which of the following is the BEST reason not to allow building permits on floodplains?

• The soil lacks essential nutrients

• Floodplains of rivers overflow with water every year

• Levees cannot ever be expected to protect homes and buildings from flooding

• When flooding now occurs, human lives and property are at risk

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