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The breeding season is the most suitable season, usually with favorable conditions and abundant food and water, for breeding
Breeding in the wild

Breeding in the wild is the natural process of animal reproduction occurring in the natural habitat of a given species. This terminology is distinct from animal husbandry or breeding of species in captivity....
 among some wild animals and birds (wildlife
Wildlife

Wildlife includes all non-domesticated plants, animals, and other organisms. Domesticating wild plant and animal species for human benefit has occurred many times all over the planet, and has a major impact on the environment, both positive and negative....
). Species with a breeding season have naturally evolved to have sexual intercourse
Sexual intercourse

Sexual intercourse, also known as copulation or coitus, commonly refers to the act in which the Penis enters the Vagina. The two entities may be of opposite sexes or not, or they may be hermaphrodite, as is the case with snails....
 during a certain time of year in order to achieve the best reproductive success. Different species of wild animal and birds have different breeding seasons according to their particular requirements and food availability etc.

species
Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring....
 breed in colonies or large communities which is known as communal breeding.






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The breeding season is the most suitable season, usually with favorable conditions and abundant food and water, for breeding
Breeding in the wild

Breeding in the wild is the natural process of animal reproduction occurring in the natural habitat of a given species. This terminology is distinct from animal husbandry or breeding of species in captivity....
 among some wild animals and birds (wildlife
Wildlife

Wildlife includes all non-domesticated plants, animals, and other organisms. Domesticating wild plant and animal species for human benefit has occurred many times all over the planet, and has a major impact on the environment, both positive and negative....
). Species with a breeding season have naturally evolved to have sexual intercourse
Sexual intercourse

Sexual intercourse, also known as copulation or coitus, commonly refers to the act in which the Penis enters the Vagina. The two entities may be of opposite sexes or not, or they may be hermaphrodite, as is the case with snails....
 during a certain time of year in order to achieve the best reproductive success. Different species of wild animal and birds have different breeding seasons according to their particular requirements and food availability etc.

Communal breeding

Many species
Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring....
 breed in colonies or large communities which is known as communal breeding. It is common to see large congregations of these species in particular favorable locations in their breeding seasons. These breeding colonies and their location are generally protected by wildlife conservation laws to keep the species from going extinct. Some species have evolved for communal breeding in large breeding colonies and can not breed in smaller numbers or pairs alone. These species can be threatened by imminent extinction
Extinction

In biology and ecology, extinction is the death of every member of a species or group of taxon. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of that species ....
 if they are hunted on their breeding grounds or if their breeding colonies are destroyed. The Passenger pigeon
Passenger Pigeon

The Passenger Pigeon or wild pigeon was a species of Columbidae that was once the most common bird in North America. They lived in enormous flocks and during migration it was possible to see flocks of them a mile wide and 300 miles long, taking several days to pass and containing up to a billion birds....
 is a famous example of probably the most numerous land bird on the American continent which had evolved for communal breeding that went extinct due to large scale hunting in its communal breeding grounds during the breeding season and its inability to breed in smaller numbers.

See also

  • Hunting season
    Hunting Season

    Hunting Season may refer to:*The Hunting Season, a title of an event*A season within the activity of hunting, called hunting season...
  • Reproduction
  • Mating system
    Mating system

    In sociobiology and behavioral ecology, a mating system is any of the ways in which animal societies are structured in relation to sexual behavior....
  • Habitat
    Habitat

    The term habitat has a number of meanings:* Habitat , a place where a species lives and grows** Human habitat, a place where humans live, work or play...
  • Ecology
    Ecology

    Ecology is the science study of the distribution and Abundance of life and the interactions between organisms and their nature environment ....
  • Ecosystem
    Ecosystem

    An ecosystem is a natural unit consisting of all plants, animals and micro-organisms in an area functioning together with all of the non-living physical factors of the environment....
  • Habitat conservation
    Habitat conservation

    To conserve habitat areas for wild conservation reliant species and prevent their extinction or reduction in range is a priority of a great many groups that cannot be easily characterized in terms of any one ideology....
  • Habitat fragmentation
    Habitat fragmentation

    Habitat fragmentation is a process of Natural environmental change important in evolution and conservation biology. As the name implies, it describes the emergence of discontinuities in an organism's preferred environment ....
  • Endangered species
    Endangered species

    An endangered species is a population of an organism which is at risk of becoming extinct because it is either few in numbers, or threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters....