[REN R322] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (60 pages long)

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Renewable Resources
• Course: REN R322
• Professor: Ellen Macdonald

Document Summary

Forest and non-forest (e. g. forest to grassland, road, waterbody, cliff, clearcut: 2. ) !2: the area over which ecosystem structure and function are different is the zone or distance of edge in uence/effect (dei or dee) Friday, september 16, 2016: how far the edge effect goes in to the forest depends on, 1. ) Structure of the adjacent ecosystem (the matrix: 3. ) Aspect (towards sun? prevailing winds?: which response variable you are looking at, microclimate, vegetation/forest structure, wildlife/biodiversity. Friday, september 16, 2016 magnitude of edge in uence = how different the forest structure is from the interior forest distance of edge in uence = the distance over which it"s different. Forest fragmentation: landscape in which patches of forest are disconnected from one another, natural fragmentation, edaphic or topographic in uence, natural disturbance (e. g. re, blowdown, human-caused fragmentation, forest clearing, land conversion, road building.