MJB Glossary Terms -Appendix B.

What is? microscopic floating and suspended aquatic plants

• zooplankton

• interspersion

• phytoplankton:

• turbidity

Answer explanation

phytoplankton: microscopic floating and suspended aquatic plants

What are plants that bear seeds in a pod; examples include lespedezas, clovers, soybeans, peas, and black locust ?

• soft mast

• browse

• succulents

• legume

Answer explanation

legume: plants that bear seeds in a pod; examples include lespedezas, clovers, soybeans, peas, and black locust

collective term for fruits, trees, shrubs and vines, both hard and soft (fleshy), such as acorns, hickory nuts, persimmon, mulberry, blackberry, and grape

• mast

• thatch

• browse

• forb

Answer explanation

mast: collective term for fruits, trees, shrubs and vines, both hard and soft (fleshy), such as acorns, hickory nuts, persimmon, mulberry, blackberry, and grape

What is the term for: a method commonly used to monitor relative abundance of songbirds

• point count:

• defecating

• carrying capacity

• irrigate

Answer explanation

point count: a census method commonly used to monitor relative abundance of songbirds

What term means : usually used to describe the periodic movement to and from a breeding area; may also be used to explain other seasonal movements, such as altitudinal migration in elevation in response to snow cover and food availability?

• crepuscular

• migration

• seral stage

• rejuvenate

Answer explanation

migration: usually used to describe the periodic movement to and from a breeding area; may also be used to explain other seasonal movements, such as altitudinal migration in elevation in response to snow cover and food availability

What term means: plant and animal species originating historically or migrating naturally to a particular ecoregion?

• population

• secluded

• native

• regeneration

Answer explanation

native: plant and animal species originating historically or migrating naturally to a particular ecoregion

What term means: a measure of water clarity (or cloudiness) as influenced by suspension of sediment or other materials, but most often soil particles (usually silt or clay)?

• irrigate

• turbidity

• stagnant

• transitional

Answer explanation

turbidity: a measure of water clarity (or cloudiness) as influenced by suspension of sediment or other materials, but most often soil particles (usually silt or clay)

What term means: the maximum population that an area can sustain without causing some type of damage; usually related to food, cover, water, or space for a particular species (biological carrying capacity), but the term is sometimes applicable to cultural limitations for humans?

• carrying capacity

• stocking rate

• ephemeral

• ecosystem

Answer explanation

carrying capacity: the maximum population that an area can sustain without causing some type of damage; usually related to food, cover, water, or space for a particular species (biological carrying capacity), but the term is sometimes applicable to cultural limitations for humans

What term means: amount of land allotted to each animal for the entire grazable portion of the year?

• browse

• carrying capacity

• stocking rate

• succession

Answer explanation

stocking rate: amount of land allotted to each animal for the entire grazable portion of the year

What term means: seed occurring naturally in the top few inches of soil?

• seedbank

• mast

• nutrients

• regenerate

Answer explanation

seedbank: seed occurring naturally in the top few inches of soil