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What is meant by “Crop rotation” in this lesson?Agriculture: Crop rotation changes crops over time to influence nutrients, pests, and soil conditions.
What is meant by “Integrated pest management” in this lesson?Agriculture: Integrated pest management combines monitoring and suitable control methods while evaluating impacts.
What is meant by “Nutrient management” in this lesson?Agriculture: Nutrient management matches nutrient additions to crop needs and loss risks.
What is meant by “Irrigation management” in this lesson?Agriculture: Irrigation management aims to supply useful water while limiting waste and environmental damage.
What is meant by “Agroecosystem” in this lesson?Agriculture: An agroecosystem is a managed agricultural system including crops, organisms, soils, and their interactions.
What is meant by “Food-system assessment” in this lesson?Agriculture: Food-system assessment considers production, transport, storage, waste, and nutritional service.
What is meant by “Forest regeneration” in this lesson?Forests: Regeneration replaces or renews tree populations through natural establishment or planting.
What is meant by “Selective harvesting” in this lesson?Forests: Selective harvesting removes chosen trees and has outcomes depending on intensity, methods, and context.
What is meant by “Clear-cutting” in this lesson?Forests: Clear-cutting removes most trees from an area and creates effects that vary with site and subsequent management.
What is meant by “Disturbance regime” in this lesson?Forests: A disturbance regime describes the pattern of events such as fire, storms, or pests over time.
What is meant by “Carbon storage” in this lesson?Forests: Forest carbon is stored in vegetation, dead material, and soils and changes with growth and disturbance.
What is meant by “Multiple-use management” in this lesson?Forests: Multiple-use management considers several forest benefits and the conflicts among them.
What is meant by “Fish stock” in this lesson?Fisheries and water management: A fish stock is a population or management unit assessed for a fishery.
What is meant by “Recruitment” in this lesson?Fisheries and water management: Recruitment adds individuals to a population stage or fishery category under a stated definition.
What is meant by “Bycatch” in this lesson?Fisheries and water management: Bycatch is incidental capture of organisms other than the intended target.
What is meant by “Sustainable harvest” in this lesson?Fisheries and water management: A sustainable harvest seeks to maintain populations and ecosystem functions under changing conditions.
What is meant by “Environmental flow” in this lesson?Fisheries and water management: Environmental flow describes water quantity, timing, and quality needed to support ecosystems and associated uses.
What is meant by “Adaptive management” in this lesson?Fisheries and water management: Adaptive management uses monitoring to revise actions as evidence and conditions change.