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Successful Ecological Restoration: A Framework for Planning/Design Professionals: Self-test Exam

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This LATIS has been reviewed under a new process for assigning professional development hours (PDH) to self-exams. Under this process, ASLA determines the number of credit hours to be applied to LATIS exams by following the guidelines of the LA CES program (Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System).

This test is 3.0 PDH 

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For each of the 14 questions below, please select one answer or enter a free text response as indicated.

*Planners and designers should not be overly concerned about off-site factors when planning an ecological restoration project because they recognize that they can only control on-site variables.

*For projects in the US, the authors consider the primary indicators of ecological restoration success to be the creation of a system that is true to an ecosystem found prior to pre-European settlement.

*A reference ecosystem is an existing ecosystem in the same eco-region as the project site and is always precisely the same as the ecosystem proposed for restoration.

*Defining a reference ecosystem is considered important in planning and implementing an ecological restoration project, particularly if the reference is assembled from multiple sources and provides a realistic basis for what could be restored given existing and projected land uses around the restoration site. 

*According to the authors, indicators of vital concern in defining the success of ecological restoration projects include bringing different disciplines together in a meaningful learning process, creating pleasing human experiences, and helping leverage funds for other conservation and restoration project efforts. 

*Monitoring of invasive and potentially invasive species is considered to be important for both pre- and post-restoration and management efforts.

*An ecological restoration project should cause a landscape architect to plan a project differently from other land planning or development projects because ecological restoration projects typically require a more detailed assessment of both existing and historical plant and animal communities on the site and eco-region and how these communities are influenced by natural and cultural factors. 

*Both landscape architects and ecologists should be involved as paid project team leaders in every ecological restoration project, regardless of a project’s context, size, or complexity.

*Given their prevalence in urbanizing contexts, in almost all instances invasive species will need to be managed, and this could be the sole or primary focus of an ecological restoration project.

*Which of the following are likely to improve the scientific value of an ecological restoration project?

*Which of the following describe how ecological restoration should be documented during the planning and design process?

*Which of the following is not considered by the authors to be appropriate issue or concern related to the ecological restoration of functional ecosystems?  

* Which of the following site and landscape information may potentially be helpful in constructing a reference ecosystem (or appropriate model) for an ecological restoration project?

*Which is not one of the ways landscape architects can help reduce the spread of invasive plant species? 


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