Conventional Forestry Practices That Manage for Timber Production

question 36

Multiple Choice

Conventional forestry practices that manage for timber production:

• A)involve planting a collection of specific species of commercially important trees, but thinning or removing only those trees that are not ecologically desirable.
• B)are reflected in the planting of a monoculture of young pines that are all the same age and are planted in rows a fixed distance apart.
• C)reduce the use of insecticides and fungicides as managed forests are at less susceptible to disease and damage from insect pests.
• D)increase forest diversity because managed forests offer a lot of one kind of food, and thus can support a larger variety of organisms than typically found in natural forests.

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Definitions:

Actuarial Calculations

The mathematical analysis performed by actuaries to calculate risks, premiums, life expectancies, and pension contributions, based on statistical data.

Assumed Investment Rate

The hypothesized annual rate of return expected from an investment used in financial planning and projections.

Annuity Cost

The initial sum paid or the series of periodic payments required to obtain an annuity.

Return On Investment

A measure used to evaluate the efficiency of an investment, calculated by dividing the benefit (return) of an investment by its cost.