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| Major threats to wildlife |
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Definition
1. Habitat loss/degradation
2. Invasive species
3. Climate change
4. Overharvest
5. Disease |
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| Species of Greatest Conservation Need |
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Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy.
Basis for federal state wildlife grants. |
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1. Distribution/Abundance
2. Key habitats
3. Threats
4. Conservation actions
5. Monitoring plan
6. Reviewing/revising strategies
7. Coordination with other agencies
8. Public participation |
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State Wildlife Action Plan
-Most states focus on SGCN |
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| N-Dimensional Hypervolume of appropriate habitat components |
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| Ways to study/measure use |
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Definition
Telemetry
Sign
-Gopher mounds (Index)
-Trails/Tracks |
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| How to measure Habitat Selection |
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Definition
| Measure use compared to availability |
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Term
| Johnson's Orders of Habitat Selection |
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Definition
1. Physical/Geographic Range
2. Home Range
3. Habitat Components
4. Selective parts of 3rd order
-Food, dens, nests, etc. |
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| Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Created by the United Nations. |
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| Factors of the degree of impact that climate change has on species |
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Definition
1. Location
2. Life History Characteristics
-Migrants
-Coevolution
-Degree of specialization
-Range
-Dispersal
3. Genetic Variability |
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| Climate Change impacts on species |
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Definition
1. Reproduction
2. Available Resources
3. Range/Distribution
4. Phenology (migration, breeding, etc)
5. Community composition/interactions |
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| Species characteristics best suited for climate change |
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Definition
Dispersal: High
Diet: Generalist
Migratory: Non
Coevolved Interactions: None
Habitat specificity: Generalist
r selected ("fast" species) |
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Definition
| Removal of apex predators allows middle predators to increase in number. |
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| Strongly associated with people |
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| Assisted Population Migration |
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Definition
| Movement within current range |
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| Movement from existing range to new range where species previously existed |
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| Assisted Species Migration |
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Definition
| Long range movement to places where species may not have previously existed |
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| Risks of Assisted Migration |
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Definition
Invasive/Genetic effects on recieving ecosystem
Loss of genetic material/function in donor ecosystem
High financial cost |
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Term
| Assisted Migration: Decision Making |
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Definition
-Previous reintroductions
-Vulnerability assessments
-Implement experriments
-Historical Records (pollen fossils) |
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Term
| Limitation of Assisted Migration |
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Definition
1. Uncertainty of future conditions and effects
2. Species biology/behavior
3. Current policies |
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Definition
| Occurs indirectly between two species that are preyed upon by a common predator |
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| Source-sink determination equation |
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Definition
| 1 - Sa = Sj x # female fledglings/female/year |
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| Represents a constant but unknown relationship between index and actual population size |
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| Based on animals seen/harvested per survey effort |
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| Based on sign of animal presence per survey effort |
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| Combination of components required for a particular species to survive and reproduce |
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| Use that is proportionately greater than availability |
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