WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT MIDTERM 2
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
urbanization, demographic changes, landscape changes, and hunting culture changes -
ANSWER-hunter numbers are decreasing due to...
spillback - ANSWER-transmitting infection back to a potential maintenance host
spillover - ANSWER-transmission between new species
systematic surveillance - ANSWER-actively surveying tissue and samples from a variety
of species in many locations
raising mortality, reducing reproduction, relocating animals, or lowering carrying
capacity - ANSWER-populations can be reduced by...
using repellants, barriers, and other means - ANSWER-damage can be prevented by...
urban core - ANSWER-center of high population density
suburban - ANSWER-human-dominated areas ringing and interacting with the urban
core
exurban and periurban - ANSWER-human developments on the periphery of urban
areas
public education, laws or civil codes, habitat management, aversive conditioning,
relocation, or culling/lethal removal - ANSWER-urban wildlife are managed through...
damage - ANSWER-loss of real property, value, or income; loss of life or health; loss of
biodiversity or ecological services
agricultural damage - ANSWER-crop damage, livestock depredation
property damage - ANSWER-damage to homes, businesses, pets, and vehicles
life/health damage - ANSWER-nuisance, disease, attacks
biodiversity/ecological services - ANSWER-invasive species, overpopulation
pathogen - ANSWER-a disease-causing agent
enzootic - ANSWER-the usual prevalence of a disease within animals
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
urbanization, demographic changes, landscape changes, and hunting culture changes -
ANSWER-hunter numbers are decreasing due to...
spillback - ANSWER-transmitting infection back to a potential maintenance host
spillover - ANSWER-transmission between new species
systematic surveillance - ANSWER-actively surveying tissue and samples from a variety
of species in many locations
raising mortality, reducing reproduction, relocating animals, or lowering carrying
capacity - ANSWER-populations can be reduced by...
using repellants, barriers, and other means - ANSWER-damage can be prevented by...
urban core - ANSWER-center of high population density
suburban - ANSWER-human-dominated areas ringing and interacting with the urban
core
exurban and periurban - ANSWER-human developments on the periphery of urban
areas
public education, laws or civil codes, habitat management, aversive conditioning,
relocation, or culling/lethal removal - ANSWER-urban wildlife are managed through...
damage - ANSWER-loss of real property, value, or income; loss of life or health; loss of
biodiversity or ecological services
agricultural damage - ANSWER-crop damage, livestock depredation
property damage - ANSWER-damage to homes, businesses, pets, and vehicles
life/health damage - ANSWER-nuisance, disease, attacks
biodiversity/ecological services - ANSWER-invasive species, overpopulation
pathogen - ANSWER-a disease-causing agent
enzootic - ANSWER-the usual prevalence of a disease within animals
