FOREST ECOLOGY
FOREST MANAGEMENT
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Question
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Smokey the Bear’s message resulted in
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an increased number of forest fires.
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an increase in biodiversity.
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suppression of all forest fires.
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a loss of lives.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -“Let’s change that last part. Smokey the Bear says, ‘Only you can prevent earthquakes. ‘ Or how about, ‘Only you can prevent tornadoes’-except no one thinks that.” The result is more forest land packed with potential fuel when fires do strike.
Detailed explanation-2: -Fire suppression has had the profound effect of altering plant and animal species composition, distribution, and density at the landscape level, most noticeably in ecosystems with high-frequency, low-intensity fire regimes.
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