WIS2552 STUDY GUIDE UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

WIS2552 STUDY GUIDE UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
species with intrinsic rates of population increase are less resilient to harvest - CORRECT
ANSWER low


an unexpected consequence of the bushmeat trade is the threat to plant species that depend on
animals for - CORRECT ANSWER pollination and seed dispersal


hunting can lower the age of first reproduction in a hunted species - CORRECT
ANSWER true


primate populations in equatorial guinea have been reduced by in some areas - CORRECT
ANSWER 90%


changes in hunting/technology radically affect hunting. wire snares and shotguns allow hunters
to be more and

less - CORRECT ANSWER effective/discriminating


in indochina many large animals have been almost eliminated by hunting - CORRECT
ANSWER true


leopolds classic treatise on game management argues for the use of natural resources without
destroying the possibility of future generations using them - CORRECT ANSWER true


according to the red list hunting is responsible for the decline of mammals and birds threatened
with extinction - CORRECT ANSWER 1/3

,for the sake of our bushmeat discussion kinda of hunting are defined - CORRECT
ANSWER 2


according to moulton, early hunters probably helped wipe out in new zealand - CORRECT
ANSWER moas


leopolds model of resource use was based on management of upland game, habitat management
and - CORRECT ANSWER control of hunting


rodents pangolins and primates make up about of the bushmeat taken in west and central africa -
CORRECT ANSWER 1/4



species are more resilient to harvest if they - CORRECT ANSWER can recolonize easily


subsistence hunting occurs when forest people sell the animals they kill to other people living in
the same village - CORRECT ANSWER false


humans often select for species which can change the composition or the biological community -
CORRECT ANSWER granivorous and frugivorous



communal nesting birds are especially vulnerable to harvest - CORRECT ANSWER true


in the DRC the duiker populations have declined due to subsistence hunting - CORRECT
ANSWER 43%


according to the red list of threatened species human hunting is responsible for the decline of
mammals and birds threatened with extinction - CORRECT ANSWER one third


one of the major factors that causes a shift to non sustainable hunting is when nomadic tribes
become - CORRECT ANSWER sedentary

,species that are vulnerable to local extinction are usually - CORRECT ANSWER large bodied



hunting population densities of hunted species - CORRECT ANSWER lowers


bushmeat trade in primates is causing concern because new strains of an hiv like virus are
infecting people who eat duikers - CORRECT ANSWER false


many markets in indochina now only sell birds bats and frogs because - CORRECT
ANSWER large animals are nearly gone



human hunting increases the population of predators - CORRECT ANSWER false


sustainable hunting occurs when people hunt for the sole purpose of providing for themselves
and their family - CORRECT ANSWER false


a major difference between the european and north african system of wildlife management is that
in europe the wildlife belongs to the - CORRECT ANSWER landowner


for tropical forest species the morality from hunting is largely to natural morality - CORRECT
ANSWER additive



wildlife trade monitoring network of the iucn and the wwf - CORRECT ANSWER traffic



water birds of several spexies have increased in new york harbor - CORRECT ANSWER true



some reptiles exhibit temperature sex determination - CORRECT ANSWER true

, according to moulton global warming will be greatest in sub arctic boreal forests of siberia and
north america - CORRECT ANSWER true


if no action is taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, scientists predict that the planets
average temp will increase by in 50 years - CORRECT ANSWER 2-3 degrees C



the US park service is an agency under the department of the - CORRECT ANSWER interior


kyoto protocol is an agreement among nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the us agreed to
join - CORRECT ANSWER false


effects of global warming will be felt most severely in developed countries - CORRECT
ANSWER false


as rising temps disrupt natural systems most species will

not be able to migrate or change behavior - CORRECT ANSWER true



tortuguera is a protected area in - CORRECT ANSWER costa rica


driving a car generates more greenhouse gas than almost anything you do - CORRECT
ANSWER true


levels of several important gases have increased by about percent in the last 150 years -
CORRECT ANSWER 25%



spring in alaska now arrives 2 weeks earlier than in 1950 - CORRECT ANSWER true



helped restore pop of water birds in NY harbor - CORRECT ANSWER clean water act