ELEMENTS OF WILDLIFE HABITAT

HOW MANY STAGES OF PLANT SUCCESSION ARE THERE?

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 8

YOUR MOWED YARD AND OR EMPTY BARE SOIL VEGETABLE GARDEN WOULD BE CONSIDERED STAGE _________ OF PLANT SUCCESSION.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

A MATURE OAK/HICKORY FOREST IN SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA WOULD BE STAGE ____________ OF PLANT SUCCESSION.

• 2

• 3

• 5

• 6

ANNUAL/PERENNIAL FORBS AND GRASSES WOULD BE FOUND PRIMARILY IN THESE 2 SUCCESSIONAL STAGES.

• 1 AND 2

• 2 AND 3

• 4 AND 5

• 5 AND 6

THE MIXING OF DIFFERENT SUCCESSIONAL STAGES IN AN AREA IS KNOWN AS ____________________________.

• EDGE

• CORRIDORS

• INTERSPERSION

• FRAGMENTATION

THE MORE MIXING OF HABITAT TYPES, THE MORE SPECIES OF WILDLIFE THAT CAN EXIST IN AN AREA.

• TRUE

• FALSE

THIS TERM REFERS TO AREAS OF SAFE TRAVEL/PASSAGE FROM ONE AREA TO THE NEXT FOR WILDLIFE.

• CORRIDORS

• HALLWAYS

• STREAMWAYS

• RIVERWALKS

The area between 2 successional stages or habitat types is known as __________________________.

• EDGE

• CORRIDORS

• TRANSITION ZONE

• CORRIDOR ZONE

The breaking up of tracts of habitat into smaller pieces is known as ___________________________.

• fragmentation

• edge

• crumbling

• habitat index

•A _________________________ is an area of trees, shrubs, forbs and grasses adjacent to streams, lakes, ponds, and wetlands.

• riparian buffer

• corridor

• travel span

• filter