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In the scientific literature, happiness and what are often considered synonymous?

The average US adult spends how much time per day reading?

What percent of our brains do most people use?

The reading assignments for this class are referenced at the beginning of nearly every lecture.  Who is the first author of your textbook?    (and NOT the author of the Techniques Manual)

“Endangered” and “threatened” species are afforded the same legal protection under the Endangered Species Act.  (i.e., the same legal protection is afforded to an animal that is endangered as is afforded to a threatened species.)

Grassland agricultural fields (e.g., field of alfalfa) often look great to grassland nesting birds early in the spring because they mimic or are structurally similar to native grasslands.  However, they become much less desirable as agronomic practices (disturbance, haying, etc.) are initiated. From an ecological perspective, these areas represent:

A hard release of a translocated animal allows it to adjust to the surrounding environment before it is released into the wild. 

How is your population estimate affected if the critter you are capturing (and re-capturing) is trap shy?  Why?

Jim and Jon were walking through a [c]-acre wood lot in central Minnesota. Their goal was to find the number of male deer in the population. The day went on and they had an overall count of [a] females and [b] males. They knew they only counted 10% of the total number of deer on the plot. What is the density of male deer on the plot?  Enter only a number rounded to two decimal places, with no units.

Match the habitat or diet use term with the definition or characteristic.