BIOL 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Moose, Woodland Vole, American Black Bear
16 Mar 2016
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How many wild mammal species introduced by humans: rats, hare, mouse. Eastern cougar (formerly status unknown introduced populaion) Woodland vole (rodents = most diverse of mammals) Laitude (climate, energy cycling: subarcic, boreal, great lakes biomes, diferent lora and fauna associated. Habitat: type, area, connecivity, complexity, disturbance, history, physiography, etc. Hudson"s bay lowlands boggy, wet, stunted pines. Boreal shield wetlands, lakes, exposed rocks, secondary growth forest (was previously stripped by setlers or burned) Mixedwood plains 401 represents impediment to wildlife movement. Kingston only select mammals can persist in urban area. Alces alces (moose: ecozone: boreal shield, habitat: forest/wetland, low/moderate human tolerance, ingest brain worm parasite from white tailed deer (snails) Asymptomaic unil they show up too far south than normal: status: common. Rangifer tarandus (woodland caribou: ecozone: hudson plains/boreal shield, habitat: forest, very low human tolerance, status: threatened. Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer: ecozone: boreal shield/mixedwood plains, habitat: forest/thicket/farm, moderate to high human tolerance, status: very common.
