All terms in this list:

adapt: To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit; to proportion.

avian cholera: contagious disease

bottoms: Low land that holds rivers and ponds

dew: moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning, resulting in drops.

essential: Necessary.

forage: To search for and gather food for animals, particularly cattle and horses.

forb: Any non-woody flowering plant that is not a grass.

gregarious: Of animals that travel in herds or packs.

hazardous: risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard

inadequate: Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc.

inclement: Stormy, of rough weather

inordinate: Excessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude; extreme.

mast: fruit grown on trees

mortality: The condition of being susceptible to death

optimum: The best or most favorable condition, or the greatest amount or degree possible under specific circumstances.

prioritize: to arrange or list a group of things in order of priority or importance

quality: Level of excellence

quantity: A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items.

range: (followed by over) or (transitive) To travel over (an area, etc) with a particular purpose.

remnant: The small portion remaining of a larger thing or group.

succumb: to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire

unenviable: Difficult, undesirable, or unpleasant.

variation: The act or state of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alternation; mutation; diversity; deviation; as, a variation of color in different lights; a variation in size; variation of language.

vegetative: Of, or relating to plants; especially to their growth.

wetland: Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas. The plural form is more commonly used.