fragmentation
Edge effect
nest parasitism of
blue_winged_warbler by cowbirds.
Upland Sandpiper, Henslow's Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow and Bobolinks require 125 acres; 50 acres for Dickcissel.
Bison:
herd of 20 requires
1000 acres.
Springbrook Prairie
1,787 (1980), COD
18 acres.
introduced
Nuisance Fish DVD Nuisance Fish DVD.
BBC-LifeOfBirds/3.A_LimitsOfEndurance/#33:30
Brown Tree Snake.
Crown vetch.
overexploitation
Pacific bluefin, southern bluefin; International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.
Also northern cod.
interaction
Pteropus mariannus.
prairie_chicken
from Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska.
red-cockaded_woodpecker
Excavate nest cavities can take many years; breeding pair with 4 male helpers.
Older, living pines suffer from red heart disease (fungus).
Drill holes around nest, sap deters corn (rat) snake. Other southern woodpeckers nest in snags.
Cockade = circular ribbon on hat - "stuck a feather in his cap" Yankee Doodle Dandy.
fragmented
This is Amazon Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project.
hotspot
Usually there is a bias toward vertebrates and plants.
yellowstone
first National Park established 1872.
zoned
Losses in forest cover discovered in buffer zone around all national parks; shade grown coffee.
restoration-europe
France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Switzerland.
restoration-south_africa
Aloe vera native to north Africa.
biophilia
BIOPHILIA. Paleolithic=Old Stone Age Homo habilis 2.5 MYA - Pleistocene 10K BC.
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