Glossary
VAD VOA
Voluntary Agricultural District
Voice of America
WAIT WAP WCU WDCA WHIP WLCD
Wildlife and Industry Together
Wildlife Action Plan
Western Carolina University Wildlife Damage Control Agent Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program Wildlife Land Conservation Program
WUI
Wildlife–urban interface
Glossary Adaptation —A process by which a species or natural system responds to actual or expected stimuli (or their efects) which moderates harm or exploits benefcial opportunities. Adapted —An organism that has changed its structure or habits to produce better adjust- ment to the environment; expression of a genetically determined characteristic that enhances the ability of an organism to cope with its environment. Adaptive management —A process for adjusting management and research decisions to better achieve management objectives, recognizing that knowledge about nat- ural resource systems is uncertain. Aggregation —A group of organisms of the same or diferent species living closely together but less integrated than a society. Anadromous —A fsh or fsh species that migrates up rivers from the sea to breed in fresh water. Anadromous fsh nursery area (AFNA) —Tose areas in the riverine and estuarine sys- tems utilized by postlarval and later juvenile anadromous fsh. Anadromous fsh spawning area (AFSA) —Tose areas where evidence of spawning of anadromous fsh has been documented in Division sampling records through direct observation of spawning, capture of running ripe females, or capture of eggs or early larvae. Anaerobic soil —Soils that are heavy textured (clay), compacted, wet, or fooded tend to be anaerobic because they have little to no oxygenated air in the soil pores to carry out normal oxidative reactions (such as decomposition of organic matter and nutrient cycling). Anaerobic soils are referred to as hydric soils when they are sufciently wet in the upper part to develop anaerobic conditions during the growing season.
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