Wildlife Study Guide
Expectations
Students are expected to:
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Identify wildlife species that are common in Ohio ecosystems
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Use a taxonomic key to identify wildlife species
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Describe how a given organism is adapted for survival in its particular environment
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Describe how energy flows through ecosystems
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Discuss the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in food chains/webs and give examples
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Define and give examples of these types of symbiotic relationships: parasitism, commensalism, mutualism
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Distinguish between native species and invasive species
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Distinguish among endangered, threatened, and extirpated Ohio species and describe methods that could be used to improve their status
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Identify factors affecting population size and population growth
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Discuss the effect of limiting factors in controlling population size and give examples
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Discuss the significance and life cycles of major insect pollinators, as well as some of the problems their populations are facing
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Identify some diseases that are currently affecting Ohio wildlife
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Discuss practices that governmental agencies and the public can employ to conserve and protect wildlife
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Identify significant governmental laws, policies and acts that have been passed to protect endangered and threatened species
Study Guide
ODNR McCracken Fen Nature Preserve:
https://ohiodnr.gov/go-and-do/plan-a-visit/find-a-property/mccracken-fen-state-nature-preserve
IDEM Pollution Tolerance Monitoring Training Manual: https://www.in.gov/idem/riverwatch/files/volunteer_monitoring_manual_apndx_b.pdf
USDA Conservation Reserve Program Information:
USFWS National Wetland Inventory Information:
http://www.fws.gov/wetlands/Data/Wetland-Codes.html
Woodland Habitat for Wildlife
Wetland Habitat Management for Wildlife
Quick Facts From the 2016 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation
Videos From Camp Canopy (Also provided on Forestry Study Guide)
Includes videos such as bats of Ohio and skull ID
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