Background Information

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Background Information

• Habitats
• Oak
• Adaptable
• Home to a Wide Variety of Mammals
• Alder
• Usually Found on Wet Ground
• Pine
• Light and Open
• Plantations Usually Thought to be Less Diverse
• Prairie
• Open Area With Majority Being Grasses
• Most Mammals That Occupy Feed on Grasses

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Background Information

• Mammals
• Raccoons
• Will Eat Almost Anything
• Can Live Almost Anywhere
• Feral Cats
• Over 2 Million In WI
• Reduce Amount of Prey for Other Predators
• Fishers
• Live in Forests
• Closely Related to Martens
• Skunk
• Usually Live Near Farms and Suburbs
• Minks
• Members of the Same Families of Weasels
• Become Rare in Some Areas

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My Question

• What Medium Size Mammals Occur in Different
  Habitats?
• Hypothesis I Believe That the Mammals Will
  Fallow Past Research Patterns and Show No
  Habitat Preference

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Sample Sites
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Alder and Oak Data Points
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Pine and Prairie Data Points
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Tracks Recorded
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Total Occurrences Per Habitat
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Number of Mammal Occurrences Per Habitat
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Statistical ResultsANOVA