ELEMENTS OF WILDLIFE HABITAT

HOW MANY STAGES OF PLANT SUCCESSION ARE THERE?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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