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American Wildlife
Habitats, Diets and Reproduction
21
Environmental Studies
Undergraduate 4
10/16/2011

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Term
General Raptor Reproduction
Definition
  • Monogamous-1 mate/season or life
  • Altricial young
  • Both sexes care for young
Term
General Goose Reproduction
Definition
  • Monogamous-long-term pair bond
  • Precocial Young
  • Scrape nest with feathers+leaves
Term
General Goose habitat
Definition

Tundra when breeding, then marshes, grain fields, pond, bay

 

Term
General Goose Diet
Definition
Aquatic vegetation, grass shoots, invertebrates, seeds/grass
Term
General Swan Reproduction
Definition
  • Platform nests of vegetation
  • monogamous w/ long-term pair bonds
  • precocial young
Term
General Swan diet
Definition
aquatic vegetation, grass, insects, invertebrates
Term
General Swan Habitat
Definition
Lakes, ponds, rivers, bays, breed in tundra
Term
Dabbling Duck Diet
Definition
Aquatic vegetation, grain, insects, invertebrates
Term
Dabbling Duck habitat
Definition
Lake, pond, marsh, sometimes salt bays, shallow water
Term
Dabbling Duck Reproduction
Definition
  • monogamous-->new mate each year
  • males leave after incubation
  • Precocial
  • Nest scrape w/ vegetation/feathers
Term
Diving Duck General Diet
Definition
Aquatic plants, invertebrates
Term
Diving Duck General Habitat
Definition
Marshes, ponds, lakes, bays, estuaries, prairie potholes
Term
Diving Duck Reproduction
Definition

Monogamous

Precocial

Term
General Grouse Diet
Definition
Buds, berries, seeds, insects
Term
General grouse reproduction
Definition
Precocial young, scrape nest, males display
Term
General Quail habitat
Definition
Brushy areas
Term
General Quail Diet
Definition
Seeds, fruit
Term
General Quail reproduction
Definition
Monogamous, precocial, nest in scrape w/vegetation
Term

Quail Habitats

  1. Mountain Quail
  2. Scaled Quail
  3. California Quail
  4. Gambel's Quail
  5. Northern Bobwhite
  6. Montezuma Quail
Definition
  1. Montane forest openings
  2. Arid grasslands
  3. Woodland, chaporral
  4. Desert
  5. Farm, woodland edges
  6. Oak woodlands
Term
General dove/pigeon diet
Definition
Seeds, waste grain, fruit, insects
Term
General dove/pigeon reproduction
Definition

altricial

monogamous

platform nests in trees

Crop milk for young

Dove=2 eggs

Pigeon=1 egg

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