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03/07/2016
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Term
_________ of U.S. is rangeland
 Definition
1/3
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Agricultural act of 1956 ("soil bank")
 Definition
Allowed farmers to enter into 5 or 10 year contracts
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Animal Unit (AU)
 Definition
is a unit of measure designed to standardize the amount of forage consumed by domestic and wild grazers
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Critical Habitat
 Definition
A legal term describing the physical or biological features essential to conservation of a species
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Fire
 Definition
Favors grasses over woody species


Natural process in grasslands
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Food Security Act (1985 Farm Bill)
 Definition
Designed to reduce crop surpluses and soil erosion
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Grazing
 Definition
Stocking rate varies with type of rangeland and conditions
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Habitat also includes
 Definition
Food
Cover
Water
Temperature
Precipitation
Topography
Other species
Soils
Special features
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Habitat Fragmentation
 Definition
Reduction in size of patches and connectivity of a habitat
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Habitat selection
 Definition
A process involving a series of innate and learned behavioral decisions made by an animal about what habitat to use
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Habitat use examples:
 Definition
Foraging

Cover
Nesting

Escape
Denning
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Habitat use varies ____ or _____?
 Definition
Seasonally
Annually
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Habitat use:
 Definition
The way an animal uses the physical and biological resources in a habitat
Term
Herbicides
 Definition
Widely used to reduce undesirable plants

Can be selective

Positive and Negative effects on wildlife depending on species and situation
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Most animals actively select habitats based on_______?
 Definition
Environmental cues
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Primary management methods
 Definition
* Mechanical methods
* Herbicides
* Fires
* Stocking densities
Term
Rangeland
 Definition
Areas that produce forage for livestock
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What are environmental cues?
 Definition
Physical or chemical gradients
* Temperature
* Salt
* pH
* light
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What does CRP stand for?
 Definition
Conservation Reserve Program
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What is Habitat?
 Definition
Often used to describe a particular type of vegetation.
The place where an organism lives includes survival and reproduction
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Aerial Net
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Anemometer
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Axe
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Backpack Fire Pump
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Binoulars
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Bottom Sampling Dredge
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Carbon Monoxide Tester

 
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Conibear Trap

 
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Dediccator
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Dissolved Oxygen Meter
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Drafting Instruments
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Drip Torch
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Egg Incubator

 
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Fire Rake

 
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Fire Swatter
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Flow/Current Meter
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Hand Compass
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Hand Lens
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Hand Level
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Live Animal Trap
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Minnow Trap
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Plankton Net
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Plant Press
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Post-hole digger
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Range Poles
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Secchi Disk
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Seine
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Sharping Stone
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Shell Reloading Equipment
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Shovel
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Sling Psychrometer
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Soil Test Kit
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 Definition

Sound Level Meter

 
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Spotting Scope

 
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Steel Spring Trap
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Survey Chains/Tape
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Suvery Pins
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Tally Meter
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Transit
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Water Sampler
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Water Test Kit
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pH meter/kit
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Didelphis virginiana (opossum)
*only didelphidae: small bullae; polyprotodont; 5/4 incisors
skin: gray/white-brown pelage; pouch; scaly tail
skull: 5/4 Incisors; sagittal crest, upside-down heart shaped first b premolar
Term
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 Definition

Blue-winged Teal

Male
Term
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 Definition

Blue-winged Teal

Female
Term
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 Definition

American Coot

Sexually dimorphic
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 Definition

Mute Swan
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Tundra Swan
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Snow Goose
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Canada Goose
Term
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Wood Duck

Female
Term
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 Definition

Wood Duck

Male
Term
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 Definition

Mallard

Male
Term
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 Definition

Mallard

Female
Term
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Cinnamon Teal

Male
Term
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Cinnamon Teal

Female
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Northern Pintail

Female
Term
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 Definition

Northern Pintail

Male
Term
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 Definition

Green-winged Teal

Male
Term
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 Definition

Green-winged Teal

Female
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Canvasback

Female
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Canvasback

Male
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Redhead

Female
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Redhead

Male
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Ring-necked Duck

Female
Term
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Ring-necked Duck

Male
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Lesser Scaup

Female
Term
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 Definition

Lesser Scaup

Male
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Common Goldeneye

Male
Term
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Common Goldeneye

Female
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Hooded Merganser

Female
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Hooded Merganser

Male
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Bobcat
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Badger
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Beaver
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Mink
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Big Brown Bat
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Eastern Mole
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Woodchuck
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Southern Flying Squirrel
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Red Fox

 
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River Otter
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Thirteen-lined ground squirrel
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White-tailed Deer
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Short-tailed Shrew
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Norway Rat
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Opossum
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Raccoon
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Long-Tailed Weasel
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Least Shrew
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Eastern Gray Squirrel
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House Mouse
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Gray Fox
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Hoary Bat

 
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Eastern Fox Squirrel
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Eastern Cottontail
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Eastern Chipmunk
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Big Brown Bat
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Define: Estuary
 Definition
An estuary is a partly enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.
Term
The most common mating system in birds is:
 Definition
Monogamy
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This fish did not exist in Ohio until it was brought in on purpose in 1879:
 Definition
Carp
Term
This water bird can instantly disappear under the water when danger approaches, but it finds it considerably difficult to take flight
 Definition
Pied-Billed Grebe
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Black Bear
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Coyote
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Starnose Mole

 
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Meadow Jumping Mouse
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White Footed Mouse

 
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Muskrat
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Litttle brown Myotis
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Striped Skunk
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Red Squirrel
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Meadow Vole
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Least Weasel
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Eastern Woodrat
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