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What role may fire play in ecological succession, and how may fire be used in the management of certain ecosystems? What is meant by ecosystem resilience? What can cause it to fail? How does this relate to environmental tipping points? In what ways is human population ecology similar and different from that of other organisms? a

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1. What role may fire play in ecological succession, and how may fire be used in the management of certain ecosystems?
2. What is meant by ecosystem resilience? What can cause it to fail? How does this relate to environmental tipping points?
3. In what ways is human population ecology similar and different from that of other organisms?
   a. Why is it difficult to determine a carrying capacity for humans?
4. How has the global human population changed from prehistoric times to 1800?
   a. From 1800 to the present?
   b. What is projected over the next 50 years?
5. How does the World Bank classify countries in terms of economic categories?
6. What three factors are multiplied to give total environmental impact?
   a. Are developed nations exempt from environmental impact?
   b. Why or why not?
7. What are the environmental and social consequences of rapid population growth in rural developing countries?
   a. In urban areas?
8. Describe the negative and positive impacts of affluence (high industrial consumption) on the environment.
9. How do the population profiles and fertility rates of developed countries differ from those of developing countries?
10. What is meant by population momentum?
    a. What is its cause?