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Outline
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WHAT IS WILDLIFE?
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VERTEBRATES
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THE SPECIES !
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THREATENED & ENDANGERED
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OTHER “T&E” DEFINITIONS
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FOREST ECOLOGY BASICS
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COMPOSITION
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INVASIVE SPECIES
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 A FEW U.P. EXAMPLES
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STRUCTURE
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VERTICAL STRUCTURE
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HORIZONTAL STRUCTURE
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EDGES, SNAGS, AND
FRAGMENTATION
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FUNCTION
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ENERGY CAPTURE
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CYCLING
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SUCCESSION
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DISTURBANCE
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WHAT IS HABITAT?
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POPULATIONS vs. INDIVIDUALS
  • Age Structure
  • Sex Ratio
  • Natality & Mortality
  • Lifespan
  • Interspecific Dynamics
  • Intraspecific Dynamics
  • Territoriality
  • Home Range
  • Migrations
  • Carrying Capacity


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POPULATION DYNAMICS
  • S-curve of population growth
  • Annual cycles
  • Short and long-term cycles
  • Irregular and irruptive cycles
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s-curve
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annual cycles
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hare cycle
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raccoon cycle
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kaibab deer
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DEER HABITAT
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GROUSE & WOODCOCK
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SONGBIRDS
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FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE