Amphibians
The physical arrangement of habitats in a landscape (two words)
What is structural connectivity?
What is the first step of the mitigation hierarchy?
Avoid
What is an ecological network for conservation?
a. A system of isolated habitats with no connectivity
b. A system of core habitats connected by ecological corridors
c. A system of protected areas without a management plan
d. A network focusing only on cultural values conservation
a. A system of core habitats connected by ecological corridors
This level of diversity measures species composition across an entire landscape
What is gamma diversity?
How many birds are estimated to die by window collisions in the US annually? 100K, 1M, 1B, 10B
How the physical arrangement of a habitat impacts the movement of organisms between habitats (two words)
What is functional connectivity?
Which other type of arboreal mammals (excluding monkeys) most commonly uses canopy bridges in tropical forests?
How many whales, worldwide, are estimated to be killed by vessel strikes every year?
a. 1,000
b. 20,000
c. 100,000
d. 50,000
b. 20,000
In 2001, a federal rule protected nearly 60 million acres of national forest land from road building and logging. What are these protected areas called?
What are roadless areas (or inventoried roadless areas)?
These simple building design features can greatly reduce collisions
What are decals, patterns, dots, or screens on windows?
Roads can isolate populations, reducing gene flow and leading to genetic drift. What term describes this barrier effect caused by roads and other infrastructure?
What is habitat fragmentation?
This type of data is used to evaluate the success of canopy bridges
What is monitoring data (camera traps or motion sensors)?
In Marine conservation, “blue corridors” refer to ecological pathways that support the migration of large marine species. Which of the following best describes the main function of these corridors?
a. Shipping lanes optimized to reduce vessel fuel consumption and whale entanglement
b. Designated fishing zones that improve local economies while protecting whale populations
c. Routes that connect fragmented marine habitats ensuring safer migration and genetic flow among whale populations
d. Whale feeding grounds created by humans to direct whale migration patterns away from shipping lanes
c. Routes that connect fragmented marine habitats ensuring safer migration and genetic flow among whale populations
IUCN has 6 categories for protected areas management, list one
1a. Strict natural reserve
1b. Wilderness area
2. National park
3. Natural monument or feature
4. Habitat or species management area
5. Protected landscape or seascape
6. Protected area with sustainable use of natural resources
Drawn off course and disoriented by artificial light at night, migrating birds find themselves in urban areas with these additional threats
What are domestic cats, cars, industrial pollutants, or telephone wires?
These two types of data are required to make the most robust conclusions from an analysis on the effectiveness of road crossings (from Fernanda Teixeira talk)
What are BEFORE and CONTROL data?
What is one of the three main components of corridor governance?
How decisions are made, by whom decisions are made, or who should be held accountable
Which of the following is NOT one of the six steps to connectivity modeling?
a. Estimate species population viability across corridors
b. Select the appropriate model and create a connectivity map
c. Select your approach
d. Assemble GIS data layers
a. Estimate species population viability across corridors
Ecological corridors and networks have been recognized as a nature-based solution to climate change in two major ways; what are these ways?
Adaptation: corridors support range shifts. Examples include places with thick canopy cover, valleys which harbor cold air pools, or areas near large bodies of water with a high heat capacity.
Mitigation: corridors provide carbon sinks. Corridors in deforested tropical landscapes and grasslands can sequester large amounts of carbon.
Is the greatest abundance loss in birds occurring among the most or least abundant species?
What is the most abundant species?
These temporary wetlands are what salamanders leave in the fall to migrate to forest habitats
What are vernal pools?
Where was the first canopy bridge in the world built?
1960s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
Nutty Narrows Bridges in Longview, Washington, USA installed in 1963
In the Yellowstone to Yukon conservation project, how many Yellowstone national parks were conserved?
a. 10
b. 12
c. 2
d. 30
b. 12
Ben Goldfarb references a study conducted in a protected area near Lucky Peak, Idaho using speakers to mimic traffic noise. What is the name Goldfarb used for this simulation?
What is a Phantom Road?
Does the majority of bird-building collisions occur at low-, mid-, or high-rise buildings, and why?
What are low- and mid-rise buildings—this is where vegetation is reflected. (99% of collisions occur at these heights)