Animal needs – food, water, oxygen, shelter and protection from the changing environment

Carbon cycle – the complex series of processes through which all of the carbon atoms in existence recycle between the biosphere, atmosphere, oceans and geosphere, especially through the process of photosynthesis, respiration and decomposition

Habitat – an arrangement of food, water, shelter or cover, and space suitable to animals’ needs

Invasive species – non-native organisms released into a region with potential to disrupt ecosystems and displace native species

Nonwoody vegetation (herbaceous) – a plant that does not produce a woody stem, or one that dies back to the ground at the end of the growing season

Ticks – any of a superfamily (Ixodoidea, order Parasitiformes) of wingless, bloodsucking mites, including many species that transmit diseases and are usually parasitic on humans, cattle, sheep, etc.

Wildlife management – application of scientific knowledge and technical skills to protect, preserve, conserve, limit, enhance or extend the value of wildlife and its habitat

Woody vegetation – plants that have hard stems and buds that survive above ground in winter