WEM Final

A ____ is a network of subpops linked by periodic movement of individuals among them

Permanent movement of an animal away from its natal site is...

The value of _____ for age class 0 in a life table is always 1

To assess third-order habitat selection, one would compare...

To assess first-order habitat selection, one would compare...

What is not a commonly employed method to estimate population density?

To assess second-order habitat selection, one would compare...

To assess fourth-order habitat selection, one would compare...

An animal choosing a particular habitat type disproportionately relative to its availability in the landscape is evidence of...

Intentional, directional, and usually seasonal movement of animals between two distinct geographic regions or habitat types

To estimate the core areas, you could use...

______ is where a parameter is changed to determine effects on the population

Approximately how much of the US pop participates in fishing?

Approximately how much of the US pop participates in hunting?

Approximately how much of the US pop participates in wildlife viewing?

Collective area within which all members of a particular wildlife species are found during the course of their lifetimes

Area where a single individual completes its daily, monthly, seasonal, or annual activities

Baird's tapir prefers...

What do counties use to determine how many deer can be harvested in Iowa?

When mortality due to hunting reduces the animals dying from other causes such as disease or malnutrition

The formula to calculate lambda in a pop. model is

Compares and contrasts used vs. unused random locations, compares what variables are selected for based on use

Compares habitat use to habitat availability to see which habitats are selected for, breaks up habitat into sections based off characteristics

Compares habitat types and variables within them to population demograhics found in those habitats, such as birth and mortaility rate and individual health.

Who are the trustees in the North American wildlife management model?

Which is not a ruminant herbivore: American bison, bighorn sheep, white rhinoceros, white-tailed deer, or sable antelope?

Who are the trust managers in the North American wildlife management model?

Aquiring adequate amounts of what micronutrient is difficult for terrestrial herbivores?

Fundamental unit of interest in wildlife management

Federally endangered Iowa bumblebee

Which of the following species is a ruminant herbivore; Baird's tapir, snowshoe hare, plains zebra, or elk?

Are pterodactyls (tapirs, zebras, horses, rhinos) ruminant herbivores?

Detecting an animal in a habitat type by photographing is evidence of...

What are the five key elements of wildlife nutrition?

Wildlife research technique that involves use of recievers to detect positions and movements of tagged individuals

Name an environmental factor that is a condition

Name an environmental factor that is a resource

Food ____ is the primary challenge for carnivores

Food ____ is the primary challenge for herbivores

Group of interacting species that occupy a particular location at the same time

Group of individuals of the same species that occupy the same time and place and breed with one another

Where is a place where you can get information on jobs and careers in the wildlife field?

Loss of heat to a solid

Loss of heat to air/wind

What nutrient do mammals need more of during calving season?

What is a simple instrument commonly used in grassland habitat to measure the height-density of vegetation

Providing animals with a place to nest or den in is an example of providing....

age class

# alive at beginning of age class

# of individuals that have died between one age class and the next

How do you calculate dx?

Survivorship (portion of individuals that survived to the beginning of age class x

How do you calculate lx (survivorship)?

Rate of mortality between one age class and the next

How do you calculate qx?

Mean life expectancy for individuals alive at the beginning of age class x

How do you calculate ex?

Total years lived into the future by individuals of age class x

How do you calculate Tx?

Mean # of female offspring born to age class x

How do you calculate bx?

Survival rate

How do you calculate Sx?

Mean # of female offspring born in each age group adjusted for survivorship

How do you calculate lxbx?

Net reproductive rate

How do you calculate R0?

Lifetime avg of female offspring per individual