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- 2. – The illegal hunting, shooting, trapping, or taking of a plant or animal from public or private property.
- 6. capacity - The maximum number of animals that a specific area can support without causing habitat degradation.
- 7. - Small areas within a stand which have an inherently different composition and structure (and possibly management history) than the stand in which they occur. They can be treated differently than the remainder of the stand.
- 8. diversity - A variety of plant species provides a variety of food or cover for wildlife. Variation may occur at one point in time or over a period of time such as during the course of a season. Seasonal diversity of food and cover is often critical to the survival of a species.
- 10. species – Any species of plant or animal that occurs naturally in an area, not introduced by humans.
- 11. – A species becomes extinct when the last of its kind has died.
- 14. species – Plants or animals that are not native to an area and which establish themselves and overcome or outcompete pre-existing native species.
- 16. – Game species include any wild birds, fish, and mammals that are legally hunted or trapped by humans for food or sport.
- 17. – Movement of animals to and from feeding or reproductive areas, often on an annual or seasonal basis.
- 19. – A species altered by humans via an evolutionary process with the goal of benefiting humans, though the animals often benefit as well.
- 22. – the protection, improvement, and wise use of natural resources by humans for present and future generations (sustainable and multiple use).
- 24. – An animal of a domesticated species that now lives without any direct human supervision or control.
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- 1. species – A species that plays a critical role in the stability and integrity of its ecological community.
- 3. - The category of animals that feed on plants. (herbi-, plant; -vore, eater)
- 4. - An area that provides a species of animal or plant with adequate food, water, cover, and living space. Without reference to a specific species, the term habitat is somewhat meaningless because each plant or animal species has unique habitat requirements.
- 5. burning - The controlled application of fire to wildland fuels to attain planned resource management objectives (brush control, wildfire hazard reduction, wildlife habitat improvements, etc.).
- 9. – Protection of a natural resource or natural area by severely limiting or eliminating human influence. See conservation for contrast.
- 10. migrants - The category of migratory birds that spend the winter in Central and South America and return to North America to breed.
- 12. species – A threatened species exhibits declining or dangerously low populations but may still have enough members to maintain or increase numbers. Threatened species are vulnerable to becoming endangered in the near future.
- 13. species - A species is endangered when the total number of remaining members may not be sufficient to produce enough offspring to ensure survival of the species.
- 15. – A group of trees that are approximately the same in species composition, age class, and condition, often managed as a unit.
- 18. - The category of animals that feed on both plants and animals. (omni-, all; - vore, eater)
- 20. - A collective term used to describe an assemblage of plants and animals living together.
- 21. - All browse and herbaceous plant foods that are available to animals.
- 23. effect - Refers to the diversity and abundance of wildlife that are attracted to areas where two or more vegetative types or age classes meet. Edge effect often is a result of the stark contrast between adjacent landcover created by humans (e.g., cropland, closed canopy forest, and urban).