Nr 251 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Anseriformes correct answers order of waterfowl all swans, geese, and ducks 45 species in NA adapted for aquatic ,lifestyle lamellate bill National wildlife refuges correct answers Many of the parts of the NWR system were created to provide habitat and refuge for migrating and winter waterfowl ex.) Muscatatuck NWR Reintroductions correct answers Trumpeter swans Reintroduced into Michigan, Ohio, Ontario, Wisconsin WI and MI birds winter in our area Avian taxonomy cor...

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? -...

Female Gestation Costs correct answers -embryonic/ fetal development -Developmental (uterus and mammary glands) Most costly stage for females correct answers lactation Lactation Cost for polytocous species correct answers larger litters cost more sexual dimorphism correct answers Differences in physical characteristics between males and females of the same species. sexual dimorphism is typical in..... correct answers polygynous mammals Why do female polygynous mammals invest mor...

FNR 25150 Birds Final Exam with complete solution

FNR: 25150 Birds Exam 1, FNR 25150 Birds Quiz 2 and Exam 2 Order Anseriformes - ANS-ducks, geese, swans (waterfowl) -45 species -features: lamellate bill Lamellate bill - ANSbill with internal structures like strainers to help grab and keep microorganisms in bill for eating Many parts of the NWR were initially created to provide habitat to migrating and winter _______ - ANSwaterfowl Conservation of Trumpeter Swans - ANS-reintroduced to Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio and Ontario -very large...

Female Gestation Costs - ANSWER=-embryonic/ fetal development -Developmental (uterus and mammary glands) Most costly stage for females - ANSWER=lactation Lactation Cost for polytocous species - ANSWER=larger litters cost more sexual dimorphism - ANSWER=Differences in physical characteristics between males and females of the same species. sexual dimorphism is typical in..... - ANSWER=polygynous mammals Why do female polygynous mammals invest more in sons? - ANSWER=More likely to pass gene...

FNR 25150 Birds Quiz 1 with complete solution

Oder Piciformes correct answers -Woodpeckers and relatives -Hyiod apparatus -toucans and honeyguides Conservation of Piciformes correct answers Endangered: -ivory-billed Woodpecker (likely extinct) - red-cockaded woodpecker -need dead wood to drill cavities -secondary cavity nesters rely on woodpeckers Migration correct answers regular and seasonal movement of populations, usually between a breeding area and a wintering area -have to be regular and seasonal Nomadism correct ans...