Wildlife Management Concepts & Terms
a group of individuals that can interbreed and produce viable offspring.
What is Species?
The terrain is rolling hills to mostly flat. Marshes, lakes, and swamps are numerous along the
What is the Coastal Plain?
Bird call sounds like "Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you all?"
What is barred owl?
The barred owl receives most of its water from
What is the food they consume?
a meat eating animal
What is carnivore?
community includes all the plant and animal populations living in a defined area.
What is Biotic?
The average annual precipitation ranges from __ to __ inches.
What is 40 to 60?
Habitat requirements: diet: Insects, spiders, small mammals, small birds, reptiles, and amphibians, Cover: nest in dense shrubs and trees, taller, thorny species are preferred
What is the loggerhead shrike?
This animal dig burrows up to 20 feet long and 6 feet deep
What is gopher tortoise?
the surroundings that affect the growth and development of an organism including other plants and animals, climate, and location.
What is the environment?
represents the physical and biological resources (Food, cover, water, space) required by a particular wildlife species for survival and reproduction.
What is Habitat?
The second successional stage provides excellent cover for
What is northern bobwhite, loggerhead shrike, and eastern cottontail?
For this species you should control nonnative invasive vegetation as it begins to reduce habitat quality. Example: kudzu
What is eastern fox squirrel?
this species is a ruminant
What is a white-tailed deer?
microscopic animals that float/swim in water
What is zooplankton?
plants and animals introduced, either accidentally or intentionally into the United States from around the world.
What is nonnative?
snags are created for
What is barred owl, prothonotary warbler, wood duck, and raccoon?
the eastern cottontail is described as a type of breeder
This animal uniquely utilize thorns, barbs, and barbed wire fences to impale prey
What is loggerhead shrike?
the amount of ground covered by the branches, leaves, and stems of plants
What is canopy cover?
If there is increased edge, there there is increased _______ of vegetation types or successional stages.
What is interspersion?
forest often lack a developed understory.
What is unmanaged?
This species is primarily found in forested and shrub-emergent wetlands and riparian systems.
These grasses or forbs are not native to Georgia and, therefore, are not beneficial to wildlife
What is bermudagrass and bahiagrass?
the maximum number of individuals of a given species people will tolerate
What is cultural carrying capacity?