just 2 |
In 2001, hunters in Georgia were allowed to kill _______ bucks. |
TRUE |
Across the US most bow hunting seasons are separate from gun seasons. |
TRUE |
Whitetailed deer have become pests in parts of the US. |
15 acre plots |
Wildlifers estimated the number of natural deer deaths in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan by counting carcasses in |
PeTA |
_______is an organization that is totally opposed to sport hunting. |
FALSE |
Each year the number of hunters in the US increases. |
mourning doves |
_________________ is a species in which both males and females are harvested because the two sexes cannot be distinguished in the field. |
3 |
The FWC divided the state into __ management zones. |
the Arctic |
Subsistence hunting is still practiced in |
compensatory |
Most state wildlife agencies argue that hunting mortality is |
20% |
In Idaho, about ____ of the people actually buy hunting license each year. |
PittmanRobertson |
The _________________ act passed in 1937 generated revenue for game and non-game management. |
Alabama |
Hunters in the state of _________ may kill deer legally with hand-thrown spears. |
less than 2% |
In Florida ________ of the people actually buy a hunting license each year. |
$2000 |
A basic (as opposed to deluxe) elk hunting trip to Colorado could wind up costing a person around |
102,000 |
During the winter of 20002001 about ____________________ whitetailed deer died in the Upper Peninsual in Michigan. |
99,000 |
In the fall/winter of 2000 hunters in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan killed about __________ deer. |
compensatory |
Wildlifers and hunters tend to think that most mortality in game populations is |
polygyny |
With __________ the majority of males are "surplus" in the sense that they do not need to breed in order to maintain population growth. |
moose tag, a hunting license, and a moose trophy fee |
A nonCanadian hunter that kills a bull moose in the Canadian Province of Yukon would have to purchase a |
polygynous |
The socalled Buck Law might be effective in allowing for a harvest without reducing the population growth rate, if the species involved has a ______________mating system. |
200 |
The state of Colorado is subdivided into _________ big game management units. |
8 |
The possession limit for whitetailed deer in Georgia is (2001 season) |
TRUE |
Sharptailed Grouse were introduced to the lower peninsula of Michigan. |
sandy |
Jack Pines tend to grow on _________ soil. |
interspersion |
Wildlifers call the degree of patchiness in a landscape the |
edge |
Increased _______ of a habitat patch leads to improved predator access to that patch. |
congeners |
Species that belong to the same genus are called |
ruffed grouse |
The _______________ is a game bird that lives in densely forested habitats of Michigan. |
Diamond |
The term "Evil Quartet" was first used in conversation by |
small patches |
Local (patch-wide) extinctions were higher in |
Galliformes |
Grouse belong to the order |
125 |
When Europeans first arrived in what is now the state of Michigan, there were roughly _______ square miles of prairie habitat. |
Rufous-sided Towhee |
The _____________________ is an example of a species of songbird that thrives in edge habitat. |
farmland |
Ring-necked Pheasants thrive in |
mutation |
_______________ is not one of the four members of the Evil Quartet. |
higher levels of interspersion. |
Bobwhite Quail populations, for example, should benefit from |
Lawrence’s Warbler |
The _____________________ is actually a second or third generation hybrid. |
nowhere |
Prairie chickens are today (2007) found __________ in Michigan. |
support smaller populations |
Species in fragments of habitat have higher extinction rates partly because smaller fragments |
increase certain game bird populations |
Increase in "edge of patch" may |
goldenwinged warbler |
The ____________________ is an example of a species closely related to the blue-winged warbler that lives chiefly in successional habitats. |
sharptailed grouse |
When artificial prairies gave way to open shrub lands and mixed grassland the _______________________ replaced the prairie chicken. |
ringnecked pheasant |
The ______________________ is perhaps the most abundant game bird in Michigan today. |
annual grasses |
Following the Lake Mack fire in northern Michigan, the first plants to re-colonize the area were |
Terborgh |
______________ wrote a book called "Where have all the birds gone?" which details the decline of many species of Neotropical migrant birds following tropical deforestation. |
Brewster’s |
________________ Warblers are hybrids formed by a direct cross between a Goldenwinged and Blue winged Warblers. |
hardwoods |
Before the Europeans arrived, the southeastern half of Michigan was dominated by |
1930s |
Prairie chickens were found nearly statewide in Michigan by the |
Wood Thrush |
The ________________ is an example of a forest interior species that does not occur in wood lots below a certain size. |
the upper peninsula |
The sharp-tailed grouse naturally invaded _______________________ of Michigan. |
Brownheaded Cowbirds, snow geese, and Canada geese |
__________________________________________ are wildlife species that has increased due to the effects of farming. |
FALSE |
Environmental problems from chemicals used in farming are limited to pesticides. |
shot |
The Montana Department of Livestock wants all wild bison that enter Montana from Yellowstone NP to be |
New Jersey |
In the late 1990s the Dead Zone was roughly the size of |
pesticides |
Bioaccumulation, as once seen in Peregrine Falcons, is the negative effect caused by |
India |
The blackbuck antelope is native to |
brucellosis |
Cattle growers in Montana fear that wild bison might transmit ______________ to their cattle. |
90% |
Presently _____ of BLM managed lands are grazed by privately owned herds of livestock. |
85% |
_____of western public rangelands are managed by the BLM and US Forest Service. |
deer |
Of the big game species in the west, the ________ are most likely to compete with cattle and sheep. |
brucellosis |
Spontaneous miscarriages can result from _______________ infections in domestic cattle. |
hypoxic |
The "Dead Zone" is a region of ___________ water. |
oxygen |
Species that require dissolved __________ cannot live in the Dead Zone. |
peregrine falcon |
Eggshell thinning was a problem for the ______________________ during the 1950s and 1960s. |
favor the invasion of nonindigenous plants |
The bare ground that comes from overgrazing can |
California |
Selenium poisoning is a problem for water birds especially in farming areas of |
TRUE |
Native Americans in the Yellowstone region oppose the harvest of buffalo that stray from Yellowstone National Park. |
260 million |
The US public owns about ________________ acres of rangelands in the 11 western states. |
deer |
At least 10 species of __________ have been introduced to New Zealand for recreational hunting. |
tigers |
In Thailand, some people want to ranch ___________ for their body parts. |
Palila |
The __________ is a bird on the big island of Hawaii that was negatively impacted by grazing. |
Texas |
Blackbuck Antelope are now established in the wild in the state of |
fertilizer |
The socalled "Dead Zone" in the Gulf of Mexico is the result of runoff of |
water extraction for farming |
Fisheries in the Aral Sea collapsed due to |
Montreal |
The ___________ Protocol, signed by the Reagan Administration banned the production of Methyl Bromide. |
mule deer herd |
Chronic Wasting Disease is a growing problem in the _______________ of the western US. |
anoxic |
Water with no dissolved oxygen at all is called |
methyl bromide |
________________________ is the chemical once used by Florida tomato growers that has been found to be harmful to the ozone layer. |
US Forest Service |
Publicly owned range lands are mostly managed by the BLM and the |
crested caracara |
The _____________________ is a native bird species that apparently can coexist with ranching in south Florida. |
pasturella |
__________________ is a disease of domestic sheep and possibly wild bighorn sheep. |
Wildlife Issues Topics 14-16
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