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| frequently travel on ground |
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| Savannah animals, like open, park like habitat |
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| Travel from branch to branch |
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| How many Litters/litter size for squirrels |
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| melanistic form of eastern gray |
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| What is weird about Squirrel Skull? |
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| glows pink under black light |
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| Hare vs. Rabbit GO!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| hare's are: larger/faster/longer ears/ larger feet/ black markings on fur |
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| Eastern Cotton tail diet SUMMER |
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| 50% grasses - strawberry - clover - wild rye - garden veggies |
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| Easter Cotton Tail diet WINTER |
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| twigs,bark, buds, - dogwood - sumac - maple - oak - birch |
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| Appalachian cottontail habitat |
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| Game Species - Nuisance to gardeners - Risk of tularemia - domestication |
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| Snowshoe Hare diet SUMMER |
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| Forbs - Ferns - Tree buds - clover - horsetail |
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| Snowshoe Hare diet WINTER |
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Twigs, bark, buds
Alder
Willow
Dogwood
Conifers
Carrion (rarely) |
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| Prefer early successional boreal habitats. conifers |
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| How do Snowshoe Hares Avoid predation? |
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| Freezing/Flushing/Swimming |
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| Hawks;owls; lynx; foxes; man |
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| Limited game species; nuisance to foresters |
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| Snowshoe Hare vs Lynx populations |
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| have very correlated ups in downs in history. when hare gets to high lynx pop goes up. |
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Weed Seeds; grains; insects (rarely)
Will travel 2-8 miles for food |
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| very adaptable; residential/ forests/ urban/ ag. areas |
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| Mourning Doves vs. Mortality and Hunting |
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| 40 (all midwest except MI); 41 mil. harvested annually; 6/10 doves don't survive the year |
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700,000 - 1.5 mil
WI: 3000+ |
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100,000- 1 mil
WI: very rare |
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| Common Wildcat characteristics |
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| Solitary; Nocturnal; secretive; Carnivores; sexually dimorphic (size) ; territorial; polygamous (1 male) |
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| Deer;rabbit;unkown; birds; small mammals |
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| much larger than females; 25 sq miles; determined by density of females |
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| Territorial ; 10 sq miles ; determined by food availability |
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| Woody coverage; wetland edge ; limited traffic; natural funnels; easy walking |
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| Denizen of the boreal forest |
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| Why don't Bobcat and Lynx live sympatrically? |
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bobcat came here - 2.6 mya
Lynx came here - 200,000 ya |
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| Mostly deer; elk; porcupine; rabbit; beaver; |
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Male - 38 deer/yr
Female w/ young - 110 deer/yr |
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| Key strategies in NA Jaguar effort |
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| protecting ranch lowlands that provide critical habitat for jags |
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| Key strategies in NA Jaguar effort - Mexico |
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helping mexican govt
educating and providing ranchers with incentive not to kill jags |
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| BADASS- southern texas - prefer dense brush |
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| Ocelot populations and mortality |
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Endangered less than 50 in US;
Vehicles are leading known cause of death |
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| Most canids are territorial but the exclusion is |
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| Wolves -> coyote -> Red fox |
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| 2-9 per pack; breeding pair + offspring; non-breeding femalis can lactate; all pack members provision the pups |
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| Deer (60-80%); beaver ; snowshoe hare; small mammals |
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| 1970-2003 endangered; 2003-2005 threatened; 2005-2007 endangered; 2007-2009 delisted |
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Extinct in wild by 1980
Only in North Carolina
Hybridize with Coyotes |
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| Habitat loss; negative attitude; sever weather; automobiles; poaching; interbreeding with coyote |
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| Native Red Fox Characteristics |
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Black/silver with red color
Intolerant of human disturbances
occur at low density |
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| Non-Native red fox characteristics |
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Dark red/cherry red;
usually larger;
wide variety of habitats;
adapted to human settlement/ induced changes;
found at high density |
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| Red Fox social organization |
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| Not always monogamous - depends on food availability |
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Red/Gray Fox - Mid Oct. - Mid-Feb, no bag limit;
Coyote - year round, no limit
Wolf - Mid Oct - Feb or earlier+ |
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56 species; good hunters; delayed implantation;
Environmental conditions: temp and day length determine implantation |
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slightly larger than mink;
only state endangered species; |
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| late successional forest; northern WI harwoods |
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| History of Marten in Wisconsin |
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Trapped Heavily in Early 1900's;
considered extripated in 1925;
Reintorduction Apostle Island 1953 - not successful |
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| Marten current status in WI |
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Difficulty establishing & keeping the pops going
-loss of habitat/competition/poor genetics/incidental trapping |
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| Now in their own family - mephitidae |
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| Solitary; feed on voles to deer |
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boreal or taiga;
above timerline |
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| Polar Bear winter adaptations |
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| furred feet; two layers of fur; thick fat layer; compact ears/tails |
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Home to more than 50% of North American migratory water fowl;
huge breeding fround |
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| puts criminal penalties for an array of violations. WLDLF trade illegally |
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| Migratory Bird Treaty Act |
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North American waterfowl management plan-
protects water fowl habitat - connects people with nature |
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| North American Wetlands Conservation Act |
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| Hunter Imposed Intervention |
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| Migratory bird hunting stamp act; |
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| Dabbler; narrow bill with plated tip to sheer greens |
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| Blue Winged teal populations have gone down 60% in the last 30 years for unknown reasons |
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