WILDLIFE EXAM 2 (ENCW 201)100%
CORRECT.
Wildlife Timeline - ANSWERSBefore Man, Ice Age, Pre European Era, Era of
Abundance, Era of Overexploitation, Era of Protection, Era of Management, Era of
Environment, Era of Conservation, Era of Extinction.
Author of Silent Spring - ANSWERSRachel Carson (1962)
The Lacey Act - ANSWERSLimits trade of illegal wildlife across state lines.
Theodore Roosavelt - ANSWERSRecognises wildlife conservation importance.
Golden Age in Conservation - ANSWERStripled size of national forests. created forest
service. established pelican island. created more national parks. made enfourcement
better.
Gifford Pinchot - ANSWERShead of forest service. coinded term conservation
john muir - ANSWERSfounded sierra club (1892). protected yosemite.
habitat loss biggest threat to what? - ANSWERSterrestrial systems
Defaunation - ANSWERSloss of animal (fauna) in an area.
examples of overexploitation - ANSWERSbushmeat trade, pet trade, medicine trade,
sport hunting, general hunting.
goals of wildlife management - ANSWERSincrease pop, reduce pop, manage pop,
moniter pop.
threats to biodiversity & extinctions - ANSWERShabitat loss, degridation, fragmentation
aldo leopold - ANSWERSfather of wildlife manangement. NA gone policy. proff of game
management, wilderness society and wildlife society.
pittman-roberson act - ANSWERS1937. gun and amo tax goes to wildlife restoration.
dingell-johnson act - ANSWERS1950. fishing tax goes to wilflife resteration.
expoitation - ANSWERSliving off the land or sea. not necessarily a bad thing.
overexploitation - ANSWERSliving off land or sea that cannot be sustained. biggest
threat to marine life.
, habitat degridation - ANSWERSmany impacts but is reversible
habitat fragmentation - ANSWERSreduce area of habitat. change in configuration
habitat loss - ANSWERSimpacts so severe that almost all species are threatened. no
recovery
disease - ANSWERSa disturbance to the normal function or structure of an organism
epizootic - ANSWERSa disease that appears is spread from animals to humans. or
animal to animal.
pathogen - ANSWERSa disease causing agent
non infectious disease - ANSWERStoxins, physiological, nutritional, congenital,
degenerative, cancer.
bio accumulation - ANSWERSfrom living you are picking up the toxin
bio magnification - ANSWERSgoes thru food chain. higher up food chain more toxins
you get.
reserviour - ANSWERSany living/nonliving sustance that may carry a pathogen
Factors Increasing Emergence of Disease - ANSWERSpeople, habiata alteration,
stress on animals, human/wilflife interactions
zoonosis - ANSWERSdiseases that can be transmitted to humans from animals.
Anthroponosis - ANSWERShumans disease but is transmitted from humans to animals.
invasive Species - ANSWERSunplanned introductions of non-native species that affect
the native population
reserviour host - ANSWERSa host that acts as a reserviour for the pathogen. host is not
affected
host - ANSWERSan organism which another organism lives on or in. eg. ticks
vector - ANSWERSan organism that carries pathogen from one host to another.
biological vector - ANSWERSVector carries pathogen inside body
mechanical vector - ANSWERSVector carries pathogen outside of body
CORRECT.
Wildlife Timeline - ANSWERSBefore Man, Ice Age, Pre European Era, Era of
Abundance, Era of Overexploitation, Era of Protection, Era of Management, Era of
Environment, Era of Conservation, Era of Extinction.
Author of Silent Spring - ANSWERSRachel Carson (1962)
The Lacey Act - ANSWERSLimits trade of illegal wildlife across state lines.
Theodore Roosavelt - ANSWERSRecognises wildlife conservation importance.
Golden Age in Conservation - ANSWERStripled size of national forests. created forest
service. established pelican island. created more national parks. made enfourcement
better.
Gifford Pinchot - ANSWERShead of forest service. coinded term conservation
john muir - ANSWERSfounded sierra club (1892). protected yosemite.
habitat loss biggest threat to what? - ANSWERSterrestrial systems
Defaunation - ANSWERSloss of animal (fauna) in an area.
examples of overexploitation - ANSWERSbushmeat trade, pet trade, medicine trade,
sport hunting, general hunting.
goals of wildlife management - ANSWERSincrease pop, reduce pop, manage pop,
moniter pop.
threats to biodiversity & extinctions - ANSWERShabitat loss, degridation, fragmentation
aldo leopold - ANSWERSfather of wildlife manangement. NA gone policy. proff of game
management, wilderness society and wildlife society.
pittman-roberson act - ANSWERS1937. gun and amo tax goes to wildlife restoration.
dingell-johnson act - ANSWERS1950. fishing tax goes to wilflife resteration.
expoitation - ANSWERSliving off the land or sea. not necessarily a bad thing.
overexploitation - ANSWERSliving off land or sea that cannot be sustained. biggest
threat to marine life.
, habitat degridation - ANSWERSmany impacts but is reversible
habitat fragmentation - ANSWERSreduce area of habitat. change in configuration
habitat loss - ANSWERSimpacts so severe that almost all species are threatened. no
recovery
disease - ANSWERSa disturbance to the normal function or structure of an organism
epizootic - ANSWERSa disease that appears is spread from animals to humans. or
animal to animal.
pathogen - ANSWERSa disease causing agent
non infectious disease - ANSWERStoxins, physiological, nutritional, congenital,
degenerative, cancer.
bio accumulation - ANSWERSfrom living you are picking up the toxin
bio magnification - ANSWERSgoes thru food chain. higher up food chain more toxins
you get.
reserviour - ANSWERSany living/nonliving sustance that may carry a pathogen
Factors Increasing Emergence of Disease - ANSWERSpeople, habiata alteration,
stress on animals, human/wilflife interactions
zoonosis - ANSWERSdiseases that can be transmitted to humans from animals.
Anthroponosis - ANSWERShumans disease but is transmitted from humans to animals.
invasive Species - ANSWERSunplanned introductions of non-native species that affect
the native population
reserviour host - ANSWERSa host that acts as a reserviour for the pathogen. host is not
affected
host - ANSWERSan organism which another organism lives on or in. eg. ticks
vector - ANSWERSan organism that carries pathogen from one host to another.
biological vector - ANSWERSVector carries pathogen inside body
mechanical vector - ANSWERSVector carries pathogen outside of body
