WIS2552 Exercise 4 UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

WIS2552 Exercise 4 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
A major difference between the European and North American system of wildlife management is
that in Europe the wildlife belongs to the ___ - CORRECT ANSWER Landowner


In Indochina, many large animals have been almost eliminated by hunting - CORRECT
ANSWER True


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


Hunting can lower the age of first reproduction in a hunted species - CORRECT
ANSWER True



Species are more resilient to harvest if they ___ - CORRECT ANSWER Can recolonize easily


In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the the duiker populations has declined ___% due to
subsistence hunting - CORRECT ANSWER 43



Hunting ___ population densities of hunted species - CORRECT ANSWER Lowers


Hunters often select for ___ and ___ species, which can change the composition of the biological
community - CORRECT ANSWER Granivorous and fungivorous


Primate populations in Equatorial Guinea have been reduced by ___% in some areas -
CORRECT ANSWER 90


According to the IUCN Red List human hunting is responsible for the decline of ___ of the
mammals and birds threatened with extinction - CORRECT ANSWER 1/3

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


According to the IUCN's Red List of threatened species, human hunting is responsible for the
decline of ___ of mammals and birds threatened with extinction - CORRECT ANSWER One-
third


Species that are vulnerable to local extinction are usually ___ - CORRECT ANSWER Large-
bodied


Rodents, Pangolins, and Primates make up about ___ of the bushmeat taken in west and central
Africa - CORRECT ANSWER 1/4


Species with ___ intrinsic rates of population increase are less resilient to harvest - CORRECT
ANSWER Low


___ is a wildlife trade monitoring network of the IUCN and the WWF - CORRECT
ANSWER Traffic



Human hunting increases the population of predators - CORRECT ANSWER False


Changes in hunting technology radically affect hunting. Wire snares and shotguns allow hunters
to be more ___ and less ___ - CORRECT ANSWER Effecting/Discriminating


Leopold's classic treatise on game management argues for the use of natural resources without
destroying the possibility of future generations using them - CORRECT ANSWER True


The bushmeat trade in primates is causing concern because new strains of HIV like virus are
infecting people who eat duikers - CORRECT ANSWER False