COVENTRY UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF BUSINESS‚ ENVIRONMENT & SOCIETY Module M58: Ecological management and assessment Re-sit Coursework 2010 Submitted by: ELAICHOUNI MEHDI 2009/2010 Executive summary CONTENTS I. Introduction II. Importance of herbivore foraging in terrestrial environments III. Negative impact IV. Conclusion and recommendations V. References Introduction An herbivorous animal is an animal that feeds almost exclusively on vegetation
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1. Some observations found about termites are that they live in moist‚ dark environments‚ they are sterile and lack eyes‚ and their primary task is to collect food. From this information the hypothesis that due to their lack of eyes‚ they use feeling of their skin to find what they are searching for and a pencil line would give a feeling of wood that would attract the termites. By making a course that split into two paths of a pen line and pencil line‚ the termites will prefer the pencil line and
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Tool Use Among Chimpanzees Jane Goodall was the first person to ever document seeing a non-human animal create and use tools. (Atkinson) We now see that tool use among chimpanzees is not uncommon. Upon this discovery we have figured out they have many ways to use and craft tools. There is a bit of a difference between tool uses and acquisition among wild and captive Pan troglodytes. The wild chimpanzees have all types of materials to choose and work from in the wild and rely more on tool use for
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ANIMALS CAN THINK. Student’s name Professor’s name Institution 24th June 2013 Animals can think. Intelligence and competency varies from one individual to another. In animals it is believed that they also have a varying degree of intelligence. It is believed that domestic animals as well as other animals have minds. They have varying level of perception and also their ability to think also varies. According to research done by Davis and Cheeke to investigate whether animal differ
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Jheon Webb Earth Science Mr. Tokarski Article Summary Earthworms‚ ants‚ termites: The real engineers of the ecosystem Date:October 23‚ 2014 Source: Investigación y Desarrollo The topic of Earth Science that this article falls under is soil science. The contribution or advantage of having a home garden is the preservation of biodiversity‚ or the diversity among and within plant and animal species in an environment. Economics and human health prompted a multidisciplinary group
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Alternative Methods of Producing Iodized Salt | AbstractDue to the high incidence of iodine deficiency diseases (IDD) in the Philippines‚ iodized salt has become quite popular on the market. The aim of this research project is to discover different methods of making cheap and accessible iodized salt. Different gadgets were designed to mix the salt and potassium iodate (KIO3) adequately. The iodometric titration method was used to test for the iodine content of the manufactured salt. To prove
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1. In the C.L Cannon‚ it explains anthropomorphism and its attempt to explain the animals behavioral and psychological processes that is similar to that of humans. Few researchers favor using the notions of anthropomorphism‚ whereas others believe that it should be avoided simply because there is not scientific system attached to it. These opposing views can be displayed in Griffen (1984) and Wynne (2004). There was a century long silence with anthropomorphism‚ until Donald Griffen resurrected
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vitamins. Therefore‚ having a vegan lifestyle can still be healthy. Termite and Worm Problem Dear Zookeeper‚ I have recently noticed that our soil contains far fewer worms and termites than earlier in the year. This is a problem because the worms and termites decompose dead organisms and turn them into inorganic forms which are used by producers. The animals then eat the producers. Since we have fewer worms and termites to decompose‚ the producers have less inorganic forms to take in. If there
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189 (1985) Facts: Mrs. Clarkson bought a house. Orkin contracted with Mrs. Clarkson to treat the house for termite’s infestation and retreat the house in the event that a termite problem develops in the future. A few years later Mrs. Clarkson offered the house for sale. Purchasers noticed that the house was infested with termites. Mrs. Clarkson wanted Orkins to respond‚ but Orkins reported that correct treatment could not be done because Mrs. Clarkson had a prevalent issue. Mrs. Clarkson had to find
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The Judgement Day ! Hemant had just started taking over as ASM in “Rurban”‚ after his yearlong training in Fevicol division. He was to lead a team that markets all Pidilite products‚ in towns below 50k population. Having completed a year at Pidilite‚ Hemant was on his well- earned annual leave and was visiting his maternal uncle‚ near Satara in Maharashtra. Govindmama was a farmer with a small 5 Acre farm‚ but very passionate about his small animal rearing and rice farming abilities. While Hemant
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