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The domestic turkey (Meleagris gallopavo domesticus) is a large fowl, one of the two species in the genus Meleagris and the same species as the wild turkey.Although turkey domestication was thought to have occurred in central Mesoamerica at least 2,000 years ago, [1] recent research suggests a possible second domestication event in the area that is now the southwestern United States between ...
Examples of environmental impacts of animal agriculture: Meat production is a main driver of deforestation in Venezuela; Pigs in intensive farming; Testing Australian sheep for exhaled methane production to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture; Farms often pump their animal waste directly into a large lagoon, which has environmental consequences.
Decomposers are often left off food webs, but if included, they mark the end of a food chain. [6] Thus food chains start with primary producers and end with decay and decomposers. Since decomposers recycle nutrients, leaving them so they can be reused by primary producers, they are sometimes regarded as occupying their own trophic level. [7] [8]
A state turkey biologist highlights what you need to know about the upcoming Pennsylvania spring gobbler season.
Fifty thousand birds are being destroyed at a Buena Vista turkey facility to contain an episode of bird flu Bird flu reemerges in Iowa, hitting Buena Vista County facility with 50,000 turkeys Skip ...
Archaeologists found Turkey relics in Arizona dating as far back as 25 A.D., and turkey-raising could be one of the oldest forms of organized meat production in the Northern Hemisphere.
The general distinction between pools/ponds and lakes is vague, but Brown [1] states that ponds and pools have their entire bottom surfaces exposed to light, while lakes do not. In addition, some lakes become seasonally stratified. Ponds and pools have two regions: the pelagic open water zone, and the benthic zone, which comprises the bottom ...
Salem does not have one, and the ODFW said it has not yet had any discussions with the city. The reflection of a tom and hen in a puddle near a street corner in the Englewood area of northeast Salem.