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Wildlife management, the Glossary

Wildlife management is the management process influencing interactions among and between wildlife, its habitats and people to achieve predefined impacts.^[1]

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Advocacy group

Advocacy groups, also known as lobby groups, interest groups, special interest groups, pressure groups, or public associations, use various forms of advocacy or lobbying to influence public opinion and ultimate public policy.

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Agricultural subsidy

An agricultural subsidy (also called an agricultural incentive) is a government incentive paid to agribusinesses, agricultural organizations and farms to supplement their income, manage the supply of agricultural commodities, and influence the cost and supply of such commodities.

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Aldo Leopold

Aldo Leopold (January 11, 1887 – April 21, 1948) was an American writer, philosopher, naturalist, scientist, ecologist, forester, conservationist, and environmentalist.

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Alfred Newton

Alfred Newton FRS HFRSE (11 June 18297 June 1907) was an English zoologist and ornithologist.

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Animal rights

Animal rights is the philosophy according to which many or all sentient animals have moral worth independent of their utility to humans, and that their most basic interests—such as avoiding suffering—should be afforded the same consideration as similar interests of human beings.

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Animal welfare

Animal welfare is the well-being of non-human animals.

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Anseriformes

Anseriformes is an order of birds also known as waterfowl that comprises about 180 living species of birds in three families: Anhimidae (three species of screamers), Anseranatidae (the magpie goose), and Anatidae, the largest family, which includes over 170 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans.

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Antler

Antlers are extensions of an animal's skull found in members of the Cervidae (deer) family.

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Ashton Wold

Ashton Wold is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) east of the market town Oundle in Northamptonshire.

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Association for the Protection of Sea-Birds

The Association for the Protection of Sea-Birds was formed in the late 1860s by The Rev. Henry Frederick Barnes-Lawrence the incumbent at Bridlington Priory to stop the practice of shooting sea birds for sport, a practice which was legislated for in the Sea Birds Preservation Act 1869.

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Bag limits

A bag limit is a law imposed on hunters and fishermen restricting the number of animals within a specific species or group of species they may kill and keep.

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Biodiversity

Biodiversity (or biological diversity) is the variety and variability of life on Earth.

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Biology

Biology is the scientific study of life.

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Black-legged kittiwake

The black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) is a seabird species in the gull family Laridae.

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Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia.

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Carrying capacity

The carrying capacity of an environment is the maximum population size of a biological species that can be sustained by that specific environment, given the food, habitat, water, and other resources available. Wildlife management and carrying capacity are environmental terminology.

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Charles Rothschild

Hon.

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Chemistry

Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter.

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Climatology

Climatology (from Greek κλίμα, klima, "slope"; and -λογία, -logia) or climate science is the scientific study of Earth's climate, typically defined as weather conditions averaged over a period of at least 30 years.

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Conservation biology

Conservation biology is the study of the conservation of nature and of Earth's biodiversity with the aim of protecting species, their habitats, and ecosystems from excessive rates of extinction and the erosion of biotic interactions.

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Coppicing

Coppicing is the traditional method in woodland management of cutting down a tree to a stump, which in many species encourages new shoots to grow from the stump or roots, thus ultimately regrowing the tree.

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Countryside Stewardship Scheme

The Countryside Stewardship Scheme was originally an agri-environment scheme run by the United Kingdom Government set up in 1991.

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Croydon

Croydon is a large town in South London, England, south of Charing Cross.

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Cruelty to animals

Cruelty to animals, also called animal abuse, animal neglect or animal cruelty, is the infliction of suffering or harm by humans upon animals, either by omission (neglect) or by commission. Wildlife management and cruelty to animals are animal welfare.

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Culling

Culling is the process of segregating organisms from a group according to desired or undesired characteristics. Wildlife management and Culling are animal welfare.

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Denitrification

Denitrification is a microbially facilitated process where nitrate (NO3−) is reduced and ultimately produces molecular nitrogen (N2) through a series of intermediate gaseous nitrogen oxide products.

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Disturbance (ecology)

In ecology, a disturbance is a temporary change in environmental conditions that causes a pronounced change in an ecosystem. Wildlife management and disturbance (ecology) are environmental terminology.

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Do not feed the animals

Feral pigeons being fed in a public space Where zoos permit visitors to feed animals, it is usually domestic animals such as sheep and goats, as in this French zoo archive-date. Wildlife management and do not feed the animals are animal welfare and wildlife.

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Duck

Duck is the common name for numerous species of waterfowl in the family Anatidae.

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Ecological niche

In ecology, a niche is the match of a species to a specific environmental condition.

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Ecological succession

Ecological succession is the process of change in the species that make up an ecological community over time. Wildlife management and ecological succession are environmental terminology.

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Ecology

Ecology is the natural science of the relationships among living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment.

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Elk

The elk (elk or elks; Cervus canadensis), or wapiti, is the second largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in its native range of North America and Central and East Asia.

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Emily Williamson

Emily Williamson (née Bateson; 17 April 1855 – 12 January 1936), was an English philanthropist.

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Endangered Species Act of 1973

The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA or "The Act"; 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq.) is the primary law in the United States for protecting and conserving imperiled species.

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Environmentalist

An environmentalist is a person who is concerned with and/or advocates for the protection of the environment.

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Fish

A fish (fish or fishes) is an aquatic, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fins and a hard skull, but lacking limbs with digits.

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Forestry Commission

The Forestry Commission is a non-ministerial government department responsible for the management of publicly owned forests and the regulation of both public and private forestry in England.

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Fur clothing

Fur clothing is clothing made from the preserved skins of mammals.

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G.I. Bill

The G.I. Bill, formally known as the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, was a law that provided a range of benefits for some of the returning World War II veterans (commonly referred to as G.I.s).

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Game (hunting)

Game or quarry is any wild animal hunted for animal products (primarily meat), for recreation ("sporting"), or for trophies.

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Game Act 1831

The Game Act 1831 (1 & 2 Will. 4. c. 32) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which was passed to protect game birds by establishing a close season during which they could not be legally taken.

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Geography

Geography (from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία; combining 'Earth' and 'write') is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth.

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Great crested grebe

The great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) is a member of the grebe family of water birds.

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Habitat

In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species.

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Hedgelaying

Hedgelaying (or hedge laying) is a countryside skill that has been practised for centuries, mainly in the United Kingdom and Ireland, with many regional variations in style and technique.

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Holocene extinction

The Holocene extinction, or Anthropocene extinction, is the ongoing extinction event caused by humans during the Holocene epoch.

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Human

Humans (Homo sapiens, meaning "thinking man") or modern humans are the most common and widespread species of primate, and the last surviving species of the genus Homo.

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Hunting season

A hunting season is the designated time in which certain game animals can be killed in certain designated areas. Wildlife management and hunting season are wildlife.

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Huntingdon

Huntingdon is a market town in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England.

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Hydrology

Hydrology is the scientific study of the movement, distribution, and management of water on Earth and other planets, including the water cycle, water resources, and drainage basin sustainability.

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Irrigation

Irrigation (also referred to as watering of plants) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns.

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Leicestershire

Leicestershire is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England.

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Leopold Report

The Leopold Report, officially known as Wildlife Management in the National Parks, is a 1963 paper composed of a series of ecosystem management recommendations that were presented by the Special Advisory Board on Wildlife Management to United States Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall.

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Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire, abbreviated Lincs, is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England.

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List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1831

This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1831.

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List of environmental organizations

An environmental organization is an organization coming out of the conservation or environmental movements that seeks to protect, analyse or monitor the environment against misuse or degradation from human forces.

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Local extinction

Local extinction, also extirpation, is the termination of a species (or other taxon) in a chosen geographic area of study, though it still exists elsewhere.

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Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, which had a population of 552,000 at the 2021 census.

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Mathematical and theoretical biology

Mathematical and theoretical biology, or biomathematics, is a branch of biology which employs theoretical analysis, mathematical models and abstractions of living organisms to investigate the principles that govern the structure, development and behavior of the systems, as opposed to experimental biology which deals with the conduction of experiments to test scientific theories.

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National park

A national park is a nature park designated for conservation purposes because of unparalleled national natural, historic, or cultural significance.

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National Park Service

The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government, within the U.S. Department of the Interior.

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National Trust

The National Trust (Ymddiriedolaeth Genedlaethol; Iontaobhas Náisiúnta) is a heritage and nature conservation charity and membership organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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Natural environment

The natural environment or natural world encompasses all biotic and abiotic things occurring naturally, meaning in this case not artificial.

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Natural history

Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms, including animals, fungi, and plants, in their natural environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study.

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Nature reserve

A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for purposes of conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research.

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Nitrification

Nitrification is the biological oxidation of ammonia to nitrate via the intermediary nitrite.

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Norfolk

Norfolk is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia.

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Normans

The Normans (Norman: Normaunds; Normands; Nortmanni/Normanni) were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norse Viking settlers and locals of West Francia.

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Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants.) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England.

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Ornithology

Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds.

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Pedology

Pedology (from Greek: πέδον, pedon, "soil"; and λόγος, logos, "study") is a discipline within soil science which focuses on understanding and characterizing soil formation, evolution, and the theoretical frameworks for modeling soil bodies, often in the context of the natural environment.

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Pest control

Pest control is the regulation or management of a species defined as a pest; such as any animal, plant or fungus that impacts adversely on human activities or environment.

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Physical geography

Physical geography (also known as physiography) is one of the three main branches of geography.

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Pittman–Robertson Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act

The Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act of 1937, most often referred to as the Pittman–Robertson Act for its sponsors, Nevada Senator Key Pittman and Virginia Congressman Absalom Willis Robertson, is an act that imposes an 11% tax on firearms, ammunition, and archery equipment and distributes the proceeds to state governments for wildlife projects.

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Poaching

Poaching is the illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals, usually associated with land use rights.

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Population biology

The term population biology has been used with different meanings.

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Population control

Population control is the practice of artificially maintaining the size of any population. Wildlife management and population control are animal welfare.

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Professional hunter

A professional hunter (less frequently referred to as market or commercial hunter and regionally, especially in Britain and Ireland, as professional stalker or gamekeeper) is a person who hunts and/or manages game by profession.

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Reforestation

Reforestation is the practice of restoring previously existing forests and woodlands that have been destroyed or damaged.

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Rewilding

Rewilding is a form of ecological restoration aimed at increasing biodiversity and restoring natural processes.

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Rhode Island

Rhode Island (pronounced "road") is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Royal forest

A royal forest, occasionally known as a kingswood, is an area of land with different definitions in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

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Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is a charitable organisation registered in England and Wales and in Scotland.

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Rural area

In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities.

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Sea Birds Preservation Act 1869

The Sea Birds Preservation Act 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 17) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom.

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Seasonal breeder

Seasonal breeders are animal species that successfully mate only during certain times of the year.

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Speciesism

Speciesism is a term used in philosophy regarding the treatment of individuals of different species.

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Stewart Udall

Stewart Lee Udall (January 31, 1920 – March 20, 2010) was an American politician and later, a federal government official who belonged to the Democratic Party.

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The Wildlife Society

The Wildlife Society (TWS) is an international non-profit association involved in wildlife stewardship through science and education.

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The Wildlife Trusts

The Wildlife Trusts, the trading name of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts, is an organisation made up of 46 local Wildlife Trusts in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and Alderney.

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United States Fish and Wildlife Service

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS or FWS) is a U.S. federal government agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior which oversees the management of fish, wildlife, and natural habitats in the United States.

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United States Secretary of the Interior

The United States secretary of the interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior.

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University of Wisconsin–Madison

The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States.

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White-tailed deer

The white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), also known commonly as the whitetail and the Virginia deer, is a medium-sized species of deer native to North America, Central America, and South America as far south as Peru and Bolivia, where it predominately inhabits high mountain terrains of the Andes.

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Wicken Fen

Wicken Fen is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Wicken in Cambridgeshire.

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Wildlife

Wildlife refers to undomesticated animal species, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans.

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Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom implemented to comply with European Council Directive 79/409/EEC on the conservation of wild birds.

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Wildlife conservation

Wildlife conservation refers to the practice of protecting wild species and their habitats in order to maintain healthy wildlife species or populations and to restore, protect or enhance natural ecosystems. Wildlife management and wildlife conservation are wildlife.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildlife_management

Also known as History of wildlife management, Wildlife law, Wildlife technology.

, Hydrology, Irrigation, Leicestershire, Leopold Report, Lincolnshire, List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1831, List of environmental organizations, Local extinction, Manchester, Mathematical and theoretical biology, National park, National Park Service, National Trust, Natural environment, Natural history, Nature reserve, Nitrification, Norfolk, Normans, Northamptonshire, Ornithology, Pedology, Pest control, Physical geography, Pittman–Robertson Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act, Poaching, Population biology, Population control, Professional hunter, Reforestation, Rewilding, Rhode Island, Royal forest, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Rural area, Sea Birds Preservation Act 1869, Seasonal breeder, Speciesism, Stewart Udall, The Wildlife Society, The Wildlife Trusts, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Secretary of the Interior, University of Wisconsin–Madison, White-tailed deer, Wicken Fen, Wildlife, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Wildlife conservation, Wildlife contraceptive, William Temple Hornaday, William the Conqueror, Woodwalton Fen, Yellowstone National Park, Yorkshire.

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