Wildlife - ecology, Biology

Assignment Help:

Wildlife - Ecology

The term wildlife probably originated in 1913 in a book, Our Vanishing Wildlife by William Hornaday, Director of the New York Zoological Park. The main focus of this book was on the over-exploitation of game birds, mammals and fishes; and also the harvesting of some birds that were not game, notably the song birds that the European immigrants often hunted. By 1937, the term wildlife had been contracted into one word. Though the word wildlife was coined and contracted as one word by the nineteen thirty seven, it was not defined in the well known dictionaries. It was, however, included in the Webster's dictionary in 1986. Webster's dictionary defines wildlife as "living things that are neither human nor domesticated", and the Oxford dictionary says that the wildlife is "the native flora and fauna of a particular region". If we are asked to prepare a list of wildlife species, the list would be dominated by examples of animals, birds and occasionally fishes. Generally, we all think that only large animals, carnivores, game animals and birds constitute the wildlife.

In the present times, the term wildlife encompasses much more than the above mentioned life forms. Now plants, microorganisms and all other lesser known living beings too fall within the purview of wildlife. One essential characteristic feature of wildlife is that they grow and survive in a particular area, without the care of human beings. They are well adapted to the soil, light and temperature conditions of that particular area. All our garden flowers are descendants of the wild flowers. The wild flowers grow on their own in nature, complete their life cycles and grow again the next season.


Related Discussions:- Wildlife - ecology

How to create a 20 organism ecosystem quick, i need to create a 20 organism...

i need to create a 20 organism forest ecosystem, help?

Lamarckism theory of organic evolution, THEORY OF ORGANIC EVOLUTION - ...

THEORY OF ORGANIC EVOLUTION - LAMARCKISM Theory of the inheritance of acquired characters or Lamarckism put forwarded by Jean Baptist de Lamarck (1809) in his book "

Prevention of outbreak in salmonellosis, Q. Prevention of Outbreak in salmo...

Q. Prevention of Outbreak in salmonellosis? Prevention of Outbreak: The control of food borne salmonella infection requires the following: 1. Preventing food contamination

Meiosis, A fruit fly has four pairs of chromosomes in its cells. At meiosis...

A fruit fly has four pairs of chromosomes in its cells. At meiosis, how many different combinations of maternal and paternal chromosomes are possible in the gametes?

Agro industrial-evaluation of feedstuff, Evaluation of feedstuff In th...

Evaluation of feedstuff In the feed manufacturing process evaluation of the feed ingredients is very important in achieving consistent quality throughout the year. If one is a

Explain butylated hydroxyanisole, Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) It is ...

Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) It is commercially available as a mixture of two isomers and has found wide commercial use in the food industry. It is highly soluble in oil and

What do you mean by the good and bad cholesterol, Q. What are the so-called...

Q. What are the so-called "good" and "bad" cholesterol? Lipoproteins are complexes made of lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides) and proteins. The lipoproteins present differe

Are there ribosomes in a plant cell, Are there ribosomes in a plant cell? ...

Are there ribosomes in a plant cell? Yes, in fact there are ribosomes in both plant and animal cells. That is right. Ribosomes are the site of synthesis of polypeptide chain

Explain potassium, Explain Potassium Potassium (K): Potassium restri...

Explain Potassium Potassium (K): Potassium restricted diets are important for patients with  advanced renal  failure undergoing  conservative  treatment or haemodialysis. Th

Explain the sensory respiratory center - feature of medulla, Explain the Se...

Explain the Sensory Respiratory center - Feature of Medulla Respiratory center: The center for regulating rate and depth of respiration is present in the medulla. Here, nerve i

Write Your Message!

Captcha
Free Assignment Quote

Assured A++ Grade

Get guaranteed satisfaction & time on delivery in every assignment order you paid with us! We ensure premium quality solution document along with free turntin report!

All rights reserved! Copyrights ©2019-2020 ExpertsMind IT Educational Pvt Ltd