Wildlife Ecology
What type of species lives in a specific/limited geographic area?
a) keystone b) indicator c) endemic d) generalists
c) endemic (eg. Giant Panda in China)
What are species that are subject to being hunted or trapped for consumptive use called?
a) keystone b) game c) indicator d) specialists
b) game
What is wildlife management?
avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance.
running the ecosystem efficiently
the use, maintenance, protection, control, and regulation of wildlife
populations.
Controlling long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns
the use, maintenance, protection, control, and regulation of wildlife
populations.
When does an exotic species become classified as an invasive species(free response → explain briefly)
When it begins to outcompete a native species for its resources, take over a native species’ habitat, or cause economic or ecological harm
What type of succession may occur when a disturbance such as wildlife, flooding, or human activity occurs on a land once covered in vegetation?
a) primary b) secondary c) tertiary d) climax community
b) secondary
climax community example is Oak-Hickory Forest in NC
Name 2 Integrated Pest Management (IPM) techniques
Biological controls, Physical (mechanical) controls, chemical insecticides, non-toxic substances, agricultural methods
Mark-recapture studies help
managers estimate the abundance and density of a particular wildlife population.
Which of the following are not a part of a mark-recapture study?
Capturirng individual animals
Giving them a unique marker such as a tag before releasing them into the wild
Forcing them into captivity
Recapturing them later after their initial release into their natural population
3. Forcing them into captivity
Which of these words are paired with the incorrect definition?
a) endangered species as “any species, which is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range.”
b) threatened species is “any species which is likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.”
c) A species of special concern is any state-listed species determined to require monitoring for becoming threatened or endangered
d) Endangered (EN), species that possess a very high risk of extinction as a result of rapid population declines of 30 to 50 percent over the previous 10 years (or three generations)
d) Endangered (EN), species that possess a very high risk of extinction as a result of rapid population declines of 30 to 50 percent over the previous 10 years (or three generations)
What is one-way forests are kept healthy?
a) prescribed burns b) ecotones c) riparian areas d) downed logs
a) prescribed burns
What group of mammals nourish their young inside their body until they are fully developed?
a) monotremes b) marsupials c) placentals
c) placentals
Managers may manage populations in one of two general ways. Indirect manipulation involves planting or removing
vegetation or adding water sources to influence populations through their habitat needs.
Which of the following isn’t an example of direct manipulation?
stocking,
sterilization,
Hunting and trapping
Introducing a predator to the ecosystem
4. Introducing a predator to the ecosystem
Which of they following is not an example of wildlife adapting to the changes in their ecosystems due to climate change?
the movement of mammal species to higher elevations to find cooler habitats
migration of birds earlier in the year, which may mean less available food
movement of marine species north in search of cooler ocean waters
changes in breeding cycles of mammals, including later in the season
4. changes in breeding cycles of mammals, including later in the season
What is the term for when humans affect/tolerate the maximum number of individuals of a species that a habitat can support?
a) biological carrying capacity b) societal norms c) cultural carrying capacity d) prescribed control
c) cultural carrying capacity
What type of locomotion is it when mammals walk with their entire feet touching the ground (ex. Bears and raccoons)?
a) Unguligrade b) Plantigrade c) Digitigrade
b) plantigrade
Which of these following laws have not been used to help protect wildlife from over-harvesting
and to ensure there would be sufficient numbers for the future?
The Pittman-Robertson Act of 1937
Dingell-Johnson Act of 1951
Duck Stamp Act of 1934.
None of the above
4. None of the above
What are flagship species?
large, charismatic species, such as the wolf that act as ambassadors or icons for a particular environmental cause or effort.
Species that are less charismatic but their conservation results in the conservation of numerous other species in their habitat , like the red-cockaded woodpecker
a species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend, such that if it were removed the ecosystem would change drastically.
Species that is indigenous to a given region or ecosystem since its presence in that region is the result of only local natural evolution
1. large, charismatic species, such as the wolf that act as ambassadors or icons for a particular environmental cause or effort.