ENWC 201 Exam 2 Latest Update 100% Correct

ENWC 201 Exam 2 Latest Update 100% Correct agriculture production, processing, marketing and use of foods, fibers, and byproducts from plants crops and animals air pollution may be natural or man made air pollution effects acid deposition alters the pH of aquatic environments, range of tolerance, removes nutrients like calcium and magnesium Aldo Leopold father of wildlife management, first professor of game management, report of the committee on north American game policy 1930 altered birds migration May advance their arrival date to breeding sites ( either by departing earlier from wintering grounds or by shortening the migration distance) Short-distance migrants are more likely to adjust the timing of migration b/c they are thought to rely more on weather conditions, whereas long-distance migrants are cued by photoperiod, thereby being less likely to attune the timing of their migration to increasing temps. anthropogenic causes of extinction overexploitation + habitat degradation + introduced species + disease + pollution + climate change avian cholera Possibly existed in North American waterfowl before it was described in California in the 1940s-50s Before man 11,500 B.P. giant animals, megafuana, land bridge between Alaska and Russia bioclimatic envelope modelling A projection of different climate changes on a species so they can model what will happen to that species over time Biological carrying capacity number of resources in an environment needed to survive biological vector carries inside, mosquito boone and crockett club In 1887, Roosevelt gathered a group of influential American hunters in New York to form the... A mission of preserving the big game of North America North America's oldest hunter and gathering club brucellosis Undulant fever in humans is caused by cascade effect some extinctions can lead to others climate change rapid changes limit ecosystems ability to adapt, can remove key habitat components, can aid processes which destroy habitat,