Geography

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Geography

Question 1

The authors of the publication are Carol A. Wessman, Steven Archer, Loretta Johnson, and Gregory P. Asner.

Question 2

The reading was published in the year 2004.

Question 3

The type of publication for the reading is a technical report on the woodland expansion in United States grasslands.

Question 4

The main point or research question of the reading is the significant increase in the woodland abundance in several grassland areas in the world, particularly to deal with United States of America.

Question 5

The main finding of the reading is the environmental impact of deforestation in the tropical areas that has received considerable attention and this has led to biomass reduction. Consequently, woody plants have increased in several grasslands.

Question 6

The reading is a case study on the impact of deforestation in the tropical regions of the United States. It shows how this has had an impact on the ecosystem process of the grasslands, altering the carbon cycle and changes in climates.

Question 7

Some of the terminologies used in the reading that were difficult to understand include spatially heterogeneous environments, biogeochemical consequences, aquifer recharge, bidirectional reflectance distribution function and angular reflectance. Concepts that were difficult to comprehend include hyperactive spectral imagers, rangeland management red cedar cover, tall grass matrix, specified pixel window, and mineralization. Materials described in the reading that proved to be hard were monochromatic images and lignin-cellulose extracts from soil-based sources.

Question 8

After reading the reading, it is of importance to question the impact of land management practices that influence hydrological, ecological, and temporal scales of measurements towards vegetation cover. In addition, a point to clarify the non-linear behavior of certain communities that undergo life transformations on the modeling of woody components and herbaceous kind is necessary.