Summary

Goals

  • Knowing forest vertebrates.
  • Understanding the roles of mammals and birds in the forest ecosystem.
  • Being able to find information on an animal species.

Summary

  • Forest vertebrates can be either herbivores (e.g. rodents and deer), insectivores (e.g. shrews), predators (e.g. mustelids or wolves) or omnivores (e.g. bear).
  • The populations of large forest-dwelling mammals are small, because they require large territories.
  • Forest-dwelling birds can be either sedentary or migrating birds.
  • Key words: skeleton, vertebratic animal, homeothermic, poikilothermic, territory, herbivore, predator.