CONS 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Plastic Pollution, Scoot, Ecological Footprint
27 Jan 2019
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Need to normalize different land and aquatic areas so that all. Can be done by using equivalence factors, yields, npp: footprint: bio-capacity ratio: => we are using more than we have, we have exceeded our bio-capacity. Thresholds: (eco)system: a collection of things that have some sort of relationship to each other (interactions, feedbacks) with a definable boundary. Well-adapted to rugged terrain: accurate, quick, cheap (2. 5-4 cents/acre, significance, earliest photographic record in the mountains (1886-1920s) Deer densities: density, the measure of the number of organisms that are present in a defined area. 10 deer/km^2 = in a 1 km x 1 km there are 10 deer: effects of deer density on ecosystems and their quality of life, in ecosystems that have less than or equal to 10 deer/km^2, Deer have high quality of life: but when deer densities are high, Many fawns starve to death, and females have miscarriages due to starvation.
