Wildlife populations Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Wildlife - ANSWER Free-living, wild animals (excluding feral and exotic species) that are of major significance to humans in their natural environments conservation - ANSWER planned management of natural resources to prevent exploitation, destruction, or neglect ecology - ANSWER defined by Ernst Haekel as "home study"; the study of interactions between organisms and their environment active management - ANSWER directly impacts populations of wildlife through methods like translocation...

Chapter 2 & 3 How did/does Genesis 1:28 in the Bible affect human attitudes towards wildlife? - ANSWER Genesis 1:28 (Gods instructions to Adam and Eve) - to "be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the Earth, and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the Earth." Dominion over the creatures and replenishment of the Earth implies some sort of management- or conquest - of wildlife and their environments ...

how many years ago did it become clear that we needed to protect resources correct answers 125-140 years ago (mid-late 1800s) what years did the conservation revolution begin and why? correct answers s because people realized populations were plummeting Name the seven sisters. correct answers 1- wildlife is held in the public trust 2- eliminating commerce in dead wildlife 3- allocating wildlife use throw law 4- hunting opportunity for all 5- wildlife may be killed only for legitimate r...

What are the 3 ways knowledge is applied in Ecology? Correct Answer-1. Preservation (allowing nature to run its course without human intervention) 2. Direct Manipulation of animal populations, like stocking fish 3. Indirect Manipulation (altering vegetation, soil, water, etc) T or F: Wildlife management is a combination of science and art similar to medicine or psychology in some ways Correct Answer-T Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Correct Answer-physiological, safety, love/belonging, este...

ENWC 201 Final Exam Questions And Answers Population impacts from introduced species - ANS Introduced predators, introduced competitors marginalized populations - ANS live side by side with wildlife, compete for resources economic opportunity - ANS markets make poaching/ illegal trade worth the risk incentive driven conservation - ANS make wildlife more valuable alive than dead can have social or economic reasoning Why are incentive driven conservation programs d...

Ducks Unlimited: Ecology - Questions with Verified Answers Hunting and fishing regulations are independent of monitoring wildlife populations. False Which of the following is the best example of habitat conversion? Sedimentation The Duck Stamp Act is an incentive program which encourages producers and landowners to conserve grasslands. When it was first enacted, the stamp cost $1. When was this act passed? 1934 Which of the following pests best represents insects which reproduce in the inner b...

LATEST Reading TEAS 7 (2024)- SET 3 Questions And Revised Correct Answers Farallon islands The farallon islands, or the Devil's teeth, as they are referred to by sailors, are a group of small islands with rocky, barren terrain and treacherous underwater currents, 48 km (30 miles) off the coast of san Francisco, California. Although the islands are small, with a combined total land area of 0.41km2 (0.16 square miles), they are positioned in a major ocean current, which enables t...

Bluefin Tuna Presentation - Answer-- ISSUE: restrictions on pelagic longline fishing have been eased - CONFLICT: commercial fishing vs. protection of tuna - STAKEHOLDERS: environmental groups, fishing industry, offshore fish farming - POLICY STATUS: Trump has rolled-back restrictions Recovering America's Wildlife Act Presentation - Answer-- ISSUE: 5% of necessary funding is received, no mandatory funds - CONFLICT: resource allocation, nat res vs. all else - STAKEHOLDERS: wildlife society...

FNR 25150 Birds Final Exam lamellate bill; shift/sieve-like bill type to sort through aquatic vegetation Order Anseriformes has a common structure to adapt to aquatic environments. What is it and what is its purpose? provide habitat to migrating and wintering waterfowl National Wildlife Refuge Systems were initially created to: Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Ontaria Where were Trumpeter Swans reintroduced to? Michigan and Wisconsin Which populations of Trumpeter Swans winter in our area? -...

Under whose administration did the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service come about? - ANSWER Franklin D. Roosevelt Which agency administers the commercial fisheries in the U.S.? What cabinet-level Department is it in? - ANSWER The National Marine Fisheries Service, a component of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Department of Commerce. Who is credited with the term "conservation" and who was he? - ANSWER Conservation is credited to Gifford Pinchot, a forester who serv...