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| this method is usually used for sampling land plants, but may also be used for sampling relatively sessile or slow moving animals, OR for animal burrows, nest, hills and other animal singns |
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| Accurate/ unbiased application of plot sampling requires |
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| a long strip of terrain (long rectangle) in which all organisms are counted and measured |
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data are tabulated on the basis of plants lying in a straight line cutting across the community under study
widely used in glassland community studies because of the problem of distinguishing between individual plants |
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is widely used by terrestrial vertebrate ecologist
walking a line established through an area and recording individuals observed from that line. |
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| invertrbeate sample lables should include |
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| date, collectors, locality, description |
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| tool used to separate leaf litter and soil samples from invertebrates |
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to dig a hole in the ground and place a jar/cup within where the top is level with the soil level
catch insect that fall in |
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| capture flying insects: flying insects run into netting then instinctively crawl upwards into this trap |
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| organisms at the water surface |
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| organisms at the bottom substrate of water |
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| organisms between the water surface and the bottom substate |
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| marine organisms on submurged substrates above the bottom |
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| a density indec based on a unit of habitat or a unit of sampling effort |
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| a topless/ bottomless slider with a known cross-sectional area used to sample benthos |
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| dragged along the bottom, scraping the surface or digging into the substrate |
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| dredges or benthic grab sampler |
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| netting method commonly used in streams |
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| a method of benthos sampling making use of __________ __________ onto which benthic fauna attach themselves |
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| a plankton mesh net that is cast out and pulled in inorder to get samples |
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| large nets that can be hauled through the water along the borrom or a stream/ littoral sone of a lake or pond |
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| rate of photosynthetic carbon fixation |
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place samples of water from aquatic habitat in glass bottles. test the initial oxygen content. completely cover one of the bottles to exclude light but expose the other
after a known time remeasure the oxygen content |
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| light and dark bottle method |
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| the difference between INITIAL oxygen measurement and the light bottle oxygen measurement |
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| largest flying land bird in North American |
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| California Condor wingspan |
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| california condor lifespan |
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| frequency of California Condor breeding & amount of eggs layed per breeding |
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| they breed every other year and lay one egg per time |
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| incubation time for California Condor egg |
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| chinese ring-necked phesant |
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| state bird of South Dakota |
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chinese ring-necked phesant
Phasianus colchicus |
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| are the chinese ring-necked phesants monogomous? |
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| within the chinese-ringnecked phesant community one male can support how many female(s)? |
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| incubation time for a chinese- ring necked phesant egg |
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| approximately what percent of chinese- ring necked phesant die each winter? |
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| one of the largest birds of prey found in North America |
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| this fish is often the most popular fish to catch in farm ponds |
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| fish, crayfish, frogs, insects |
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| will bass eat floating fish feed? |
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| longest river in the United States |
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| approximately___ acres of farmland are subject to flooding along the mainstream Missouri River. |
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| Fire Ant Control Program for 1971 included treatment of |
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| do reefs exist in the waters off of the continental US above the southern tip of FL |
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| Off the southeastern coastal states from North Carolina to FL coral reef habitat is replaced with |
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| hard-bottom/ live-bottom areas |
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| off south carolina what % is suitable for reef formation |
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| Nicrophorus americanus common name |
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| the american buruying beetle has what distinguishing feature on its pronotum? |
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| star-shaped orange-red marking |
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| segment between head and body of beetle |
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| what animal closely correlates with habitat fragmentation and the decline of important avian species such as the passenger pigeon and greater prarie chicken |
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| this burst in population was a byproduct of low intensity agriculture and forestry practices |
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| responsible for quail population decline? |
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land use changes
"clean farming" |
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| is the bobwhite quail monogomous? |
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the population of bobwhite quails has about 15% more
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| within the bobwhite quail population who builds the nest? |
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| bobwhite quail egg incubation time |
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| how many broods of chicks does the bobwhite quail have per year? |
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| annual mortality rate of bobwhite quail |
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| bobwhite quail (can or cannot) survive without drinking water |
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they eat insects and vegitaiton
dew and rain too |
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| bobwhite quail form into groups of individuals called |
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| soils with the greatest quail management potential are the |
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| well drained sandy loams and clays |
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| what kind of gradd restricts bobwhite quail movement? |
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| bermuda and other exotic grasses |
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| Georgia's most populat and numerous game bird |
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| this bird has benefitted from most modern agriculture and has adapted to urbinization |
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| the mourning dove is a member of the ___ family |
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| does the mourning dove nest year round in georgia? |
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| does the mourning dove nest on the ground? |
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| who carries the mourning dove incubation duties? |
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| mourning dove egg incubation period |
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| mourning dove nestlings are also called |
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| mourning dove produce # broods |
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| mourning dove annual mortality rate |
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| the ___ of mourning dove nests makes them particularly vulnerable to storms and other severe weather |
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| a mourning dove parasitic diease of the upper digestive tract that causes serious dieoffs |
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| a mourning dove viral infection produces symptoms similar to trichomoniasis but is less common and much less devistating |
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| do mourning dove eat insects? |
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| do mourning dove have strong beaks? |
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| does the mourning dove need a water source close by? |
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| yes they cannot sustain from insects and dew like the quail |
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| mourning dove hunting regulations are based primarily on the results of |
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| nation-wide dove call-count survey |
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| are mourning doves migratory? |
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| the last specimin of these were collected from southern canada in 1902 |
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| when this animal is both damaging and migratory with high density concentrated population they are considered |
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| is the Rocky Mountain Locust a cannable |
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swamp rabbit
also known as the cane cutter |
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