Question

Which technique often results in the greatest habitat loss

a. silverculture
b. clear- cutting
c. thinning
d. shelterwood harvests

Answer 1

It is clear cutting

Step-by-step explanation:

Clearcutting, clearfelling or clearcut logging is a forestry/logging practice in which most or all trees in an area are uniformly cut down.Clearcutting has been a controversial subject because of its environmental impact. While those who favour this method argue that it allows regenerating trees to have more access to sunlight while it reduces the risk of forest fires in some high-risk areas, opponents point out that in many cases, mass tree removal has caused soil erosion and the destruction of natural habitats for some animals.

Answer 2

Answer: b. Clear cutting

Step-by-step explanation:

Clear cutting is the correct option. Clear cutting involves the clearing up of entire vegetation cover of the region or cutting up of trees. This will lead to loss of canopy cover from a region. This will cause loss of biodiversity of a region as the animals, birds and insects will loose their habitat. Such faunal species may translocate to new region, decrease in number or may extinct.