"The number of terrestrial vertebrate species using different types of land cover on the Canadian agricultural landscape for primary, secondary and tertiary breeding habitats",,, ,,, ,Habitat use (number of terrestrial vertebrate species),, Type of land cover ,Primary,Secondary,Tertiary Unimproved pasture,125,158,57 Mixed woodland,101,156,75 Coniferous woodland,99,126,95 Deciduous woodland,72,140,98 Native grassland,117,141,48 Wetland,108,119,40 Wooded wetland,76,147,32 Woodland regeneration (fire),11,170,58 Woodland regeneration (harvest),0,178,60 Vegetated settlement,20,140,55 Fruits and berries orchard,1,60,33 Perennial cropland,12,60,9 Water,42,26,3 Settlement,11,8,27 Annual cropland,4,15,9 ,,, "Note: Relatively few wildlife species use human-altered land, such as annual and perennial cropland and settlement, as breeding habitat. Primary habitat is habitat that is always used, critical or strongly preferred by species, secondary habitat is often used or relatively important, and tertiary habitat is occasionally used or of low value to the species.",,, Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (2024).,,, Available on the Environmental indicators website (www.canada.ca/environmental-indicators).,,,