Glossary A-F

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Adaptive breeding: Breeding of plant and animals to produce offspring that are better suited for current or future conditions. Agricultural land: Any land, regardless of zoning, on which agricultural operations take place (see also Agricultural Operation). Agricultural management practices: Activities related to agricultural production. Includes regular, periodic, sporadic and one-time-only practices. Agricultural operation: A farm, ranch or other agricultural operation producing agricultural products for sale. Also includes feedlots, greenhouses, mushroom houses and nurseries; farms producing Christmas trees, fur, game, sod, maple syrup or fruit and berries; beekeeping and poultry hatchery operations; operations with alternative livestock (bison, deer, elk, llamas, alpacas, wild boars, etc.) or alternative poultry (ostriches, emus, etc.), when the animal or derived products are intended for sale; backyard gardens if agricultural products are intended for sale; operations involved in boarding horses, riding stables and stables for housing and/or training horses even if no agriculture products are sold. Sales in the past 12 months not required but there must be the intention to sell. Agroforestry: A land management approach that deliberately combines the production of trees with other crops and/or livestock. Alleycropping: Growing crops (e.g., grains, forages, vegetables etc) between trees planted in rows. Amphibian: See Wildlife. Aquatic area or zone: A body of water (e.g., stream, river, wetland, lake). Aquatic ecosystem: Any water environment, such as streams, rivers, lakes, and wetlands, in which plants and animals interact with the chemical and physical features in that environment. Aquatic species: [from the Species at Risk Act] a wildlife species that is a fish or a marine plant, as defined in the federal Fisheries Act (see fish, and see marine plant). Behavioural control: Applies to insects. It takes advantage of insect responses to colours (e.g., yellow traps), odours (e.g., attractant-baited traps, sex pheromone dispensers for mating disruption), and light (e.g., black light traps, insect electrocuters) (see also Integrated Pest Management).