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Human Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)
Human Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)
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The San Joaquin Kit Fox The San Joaquin kit fox is one of the most endangered animals in California. Kit foxes are the size of house cats, and they were originally found throughout most of the San Joaquin Valley of central California. In the 1930s, people began converting much of this land from grassland to farms, orchards, and cities. Currently, there are fewer than 7,000 individual kit foxes living in the edges of the San Joaquin Valley. San Joaquin Kit Fox Kit foxes use underground dens to keep themselves cool during summer months and warm during winter months. These dens also help protect the foxes from predators, such as coyotes. Kit foxes are active mostly at night and eat rodents and other small animals. These foxes do not have to drink water as their prey provides them with adequate water supplies. One unique feature of kit fox populations is that they increase and decrease with the amount of rainfall. Changes in precipitation resulting from climate change, such as higher than average rainfall or long periods of drought, have significant effects on the k fox populations. Habitat loss due to agriculture, industry, and building residential areas is associated with declining kit fox populations. These foxes are also harmed by pesticides and rodenticides (chemicals that kill rodents) used by farmers when growing crops. Vehicles used by humans also cause many kit fox deaths each year. The Defenders of Wildlife group wants to add an environmental corridor, a wildlife corridor, into an area of central California that has many roads. Wildlife corridors are pathways through which organisms can pass from one habitat area to another without having to cross a road. The most successful corridors are continuous, large enough to avoid confrontations between organisms, and contain suitable vegetation. The group first wants to build a simulation of a corridor to present to a city council. The main goals of their simulation are to design a corridor that would encourage kit foxes to cross the corridor instead of a road. Help this environmental group select the MOST important corridor features to include in their simulation design by dragging and dropping the features into the boxes. Important Features of the Environmental Corridor = Short length Long length Few natural features Wide width Narrow width Many natural features
Transcribed Image Text:The San Joaquin Kit Fox The San Joaquin kit fox is one of the most endangered animals in California. Kit foxes are the size of house cats, and they were originally found throughout most of the San Joaquin Valley of central California. In the 1930s, people began converting much of this land from grassland to farms, orchards, and cities. Currently, there are fewer than 7,000 individual kit foxes living in the edges of the San Joaquin Valley. San Joaquin Kit Fox Kit foxes use underground dens to keep themselves cool during summer months and warm during winter months. These dens also help protect the foxes from predators, such as coyotes. Kit foxes are active mostly at night and eat rodents and other small animals. These foxes do not have to drink water as their prey provides them with adequate water supplies. One unique feature of kit fox populations is that they increase and decrease with the amount of rainfall. Changes in precipitation resulting from climate change, such as higher than average rainfall or long periods of drought, have significant effects on the k fox populations. Habitat loss due to agriculture, industry, and building residential areas is associated with declining kit fox populations. These foxes are also harmed by pesticides and rodenticides (chemicals that kill rodents) used by farmers when growing crops. Vehicles used by humans also cause many kit fox deaths each year. The Defenders of Wildlife group wants to add an environmental corridor, a wildlife corridor, into an area of central California that has many roads. Wildlife corridors are pathways through which organisms can pass from one habitat area to another without having to cross a road. The most successful corridors are continuous, large enough to avoid confrontations between organisms, and contain suitable vegetation. The group first wants to build a simulation of a corridor to present to a city council. The main goals of their simulation are to design a corridor that would encourage kit foxes to cross the corridor instead of a road. Help this environmental group select the MOST important corridor features to include in their simulation design by dragging and dropping the features into the boxes. Important Features of the Environmental Corridor = Short length Long length Few natural features Wide width Narrow width Many natural features
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