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Territoriality
Territoriality A pattern of animal behavior, territoriality implies a fixed area (or territory) from which intruders are excluded by the owner through a combination of advertising, threatening, and attacking behaviors. It is important to distinguish between a territory and a... Read more |
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range management
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range zone
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Stanovoy Range
Stanovoy Range , mountain range, c.450 mi (720 km) long, Russian Far East, extending E from the Olekma River; it rises to c.8,150 ft (2,480 m) at Golets Skalisty. It forms part of the border between the Sakha Republic and the Amur Region. The range is continued by the Dzhugdzhur Range, which swings... Read more |
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Great Dividing Range
Great Dividing Range crest line of the Eastern Highlands of Australia. For the most part it separates rivers draining into the Pacific Ocean from those flowing into the Indian Ocean and the Arafura Sea.... Read more |
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concurrent range zone
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Group homes
BOARD AND CARE HOMES Board and care homes are a communitybased residential option for older adults requiring care and services. As part of the continuum of care from home to nursing home, they assist primarily those not needing nursing or medical care but unable to live independently due to... Read more |
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Home range
Home Range In the course of its daily activities, an animal travels through familiar places to obtain food, seek shelter, or find mates. The actual physical area covered in the course of these regular movements is the animal's home range. An animal's familiarity with the... Read more |
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Therapsids
Therapsida (class Reptilia, subclass Synapsida) An order of reptiles, ancestral to the mammals, that ranged from the latter part of the Permian to the early Jurassic.... Read more |
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Brooks Range
Brooks Range mountain chain, northernmost part of the Rocky Mts., extending about 600 mi (970 km) from east to west across N Alaska. Mt. Chamberlin, 9,020 ft (2,749 m) high, near the Canadian border, is the highest peak. Rugged, barren, snow-covered, and uninhabited, Brooks Range separates the... Read more |
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sight
...vision, eyes. 2. within (the) sight of her fathersynonyms: range of vision, field of vision, view. 3. love at first sightsynonyms...exhibition, curiosity, rarity, marvel; inf. something to write home about. 6. a sight in those clothessynonyms: spectacle, eyesore... |
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anxious
...desirous, impatient. USAGE NOTES anxious The word anxious has a range of meaning. As the adjective corresponding to anxiety, it has long...approval of the companies’ plans to test for lead at the 150 homes . . . . Some residents are getting anxious.” (Atlanta Journal... |
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conversant
conversant • adjective the students are conversant with a wide range of math skillssynonyms: familiar with, acquainted with, au fait with, au courant with, at home with, well versed in, well-informed about, knowledgeable about... |
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do
...in charge of; informal fix. 5. the company is doing a new range of footwear | a portrait I am doing synonyms: make, create...s been done in. See kill verb sense 1. 2. the long walk home did me in synonyms: wear out, tire out, exhaust, fatigue... |
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quarter
...quarters synonyms: accommodations, lodgings, rooms, chambers; home; informal pad, digs; formal abode, residence, domicile...Military billet. 2. I quartered the streets synonyms: patrol, range over, tour, reconnoiter, traverse, survey, scout. |
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register
...archive; annals, files. 3. the lower register of the piano synonyms: range, reaches; notes, octaves. • verb 1. I wish to register a complaint...impression, get through, sink in, penetrate, have an effect, strike home. |
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PROFESSOR OF RANGE SCIENCE AT NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY RECEIVES...
...if not the best place - for a range scientist to be because New Mexico is a range state," said Holechek...shared his knowledge closer to home, speaking at area high schools...importance of rangelands and range management. Holechek has authored... |
 "The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)")
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VALUE RANGE REAL ESTATE MARKETING COMES TO SPOKANE NEW SELLING STRATEGY GETS...
...example, was listed in value range No. 8 - $88,000 to $110...offers anywhere within the range. There are 50 value ranges, beginning at $45,000 to...simple plan, but listing a home in a range brings more offers to the table...Getting people to look at more homes." Value range ... |
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Gun Ranges' Slow Retreat; Sprawling Suburbs Force Clubs to Close
...about the noise from the gun range, said Michael Irish, who has lived near the shooting range for decades and has spoken...years." For those living in homes built near shooting ranges, the noise can be intolerable...Taneytown club from building a new range in Frederick County. "I wasn... |
 "The Columbian (Vancouver, WA)")
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SHOOTING RANGES: ARE THEY TARGETS?
...likely would allow a range to continue operating...would like to see the ranges moved or shut down while...pressing efforts to put range-protection laws on...Clark County, shooting-range operators say they are...s a subdivision of homes on one side and rental...other, with a mobile ... |
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Home range and territory of the Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala in...
...their territories, home ranges and spatial overlaps...in order to map home ranges. Results The Sardinian...2^ and the mean home range was 22 321 m^sup 2...the wide overlaps among home ranges was best explained by...2001). It uses a wide range of habitats, such ... |
 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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RANGE OF OPINION IN MAHWAH
...County, NJ) 01-20-1993 RANGE OF OPINION IN MAHWAH -- NEIGHBORS...noise from a nearby golf driving range, Anne Ritzel and her neighbors...the county move the driving range to a spot along the 10th fairway...significantly further away from their homes" but he said relocating the... |
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Range Rover upgrades luxury, power
...what the conditions. The new Range Rover for2006 offers even better...sector. Yet, as always,the Range Rover is a vehicle that is never...place. It is just as muchat home in the outback as at the opera."Fresh design detailsThe Range Rover retains its iconic shape... |
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2003 Range Rover goes after luxury SUV rivals
00-00-0000 2003 Range Rover goes after luxury SUV...Column: ROAD TEST Land Rover Range Rover Base price: $69,995...capability. But the 2003 Land Rover Range Rover has a beautiful dashboard...that it would be perfectly at home inside the pages of Architectural... |
 "The Washington Times (Washington, DC)")
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Wrong range used: Submachine-gun shots hit nearby homes.(Metropolitan...
...flaw at the D.C. police outdoor firing range in Lorton, caused bullets to riddle a...20-year-veteran, mistakenly used a range meant to accommodate shotguns - not higher...probed whether an official assigned to the range told Sgt. Rorie to use the shotgun area... |
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HOME RANGE CHARACTERISTICS OF MALE COOPER'S HAWKS IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT.
...the size of individual home ranges and the amount of overlap...also possible that home range size and overlap could...degree of overlap of home ranges. Because density of...Hawks placed their home ranges relative to available...environments (i.e., home ... |
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