Restoration ecologists try to
A) restore destroyed or damaged ecosystems to their native conditions.
B) create new ecosystems with new ecosystem functions to gain ecosystem capital.
C) create enclosures for zoos that imitate the abiotic components of natural environments.
D) include ecosystems in national forests and parks, where people can best interact with nature.
Question 2
Developing countries are said to face double jeopardy for environmental hazards because of the threats of
A) physical disasters and traditional cultural practices.
B) physical disasters and infectious disease.
C) infectious disease and increased exposure to toxic chemicals.
D) their dependence on farms for food and income.
(a) Pronghorn, native grazers of the temperate grasslands of North America.
Irish Elk Restoration
Percentage of Foreign-Born Whites and Native Whites of Foreign or Mixed Parentage in Total Populatio
Ecosystems are systems of interacting biotic and abiotic components
Coastal ecosystems protect shorelines