Wildlife Issues Topic 10-13 – Flashcards

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The _________________________ is an example of a rear-fanged snake.
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Brown Tree Snake
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Sea turtles typically nest only on beaches
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where they were hatched
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The evolution of ________________________ in reptiles is seen as an adaptation for survival in a dry climate.
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epidermal scales
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The dorsal part of a turtle's shell is called the
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carapace
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The __________ is the extra-embryonic membrane that collects embryonic wastes.
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allantois
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TSD is seen most commonly in sea turtles and
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crocodilians
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The _______________ is a hard shelled sea turtle that feeds chiefly on sea grass and macro algae.
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green turtle
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Sea turtles have declined, in part, because they are killed
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for food
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The sand skink of central Florida is characterized by having
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vestigial legs
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About ____ species of the order crocodylia occur in the world today
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The indigo snake is an example of a species that uses the ___________________ foraging mode.
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seize and smallow
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The Euryapsid groups of fossil reptiles lived in _______ environments.
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marine
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Researchers from _____________________________ found that, like the amphibians, populations of many species of reptiles were declining.
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Savanna River Ecology Lab
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As the reptiles evolved the amniote egg, plants evolved __________ as an adaptation to the changing environment.
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seeds
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There are roughly ________ species of turtles in the world today.
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350
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The ______________ is the largest living turtle.
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leatherback
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_______ of the fossil reptile groups ultimately went extinct and left no descendants.
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two
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Most lizards feed on ____________ although there are exceptions to this pattern.
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insects
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Snakes generally evolved to feed on ____________ although there are a few exceptions to this pattern.
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vertebrates
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_________________ is an important region in central Florida for several specialized species such as the sand skink and other species of lizards.
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Lake Wales Ridge
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A reduced plastron to the shape of a cross is characteristic of the
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snapping turle
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_______________ was a professor in the UF zoology department who was a pioneer in biological studies of sea turtles.
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Archie Carr
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The fossil reptiles diversified into _ subclasses.
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Perhaps the main reason the reptiles were able to dominate the Mesozoic was that they were
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not dependent on water for reproduction
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The ________ is a species of lizard that is harvested commercially in South America for its skin.
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tegu
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The fossil subgroups of reptiles are identifiable by their
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skull opening pattern
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The ________ is an example of an herbivorous lizard.
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iguana
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The Gopher Tortoise is classified in Florida by the FWC as
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SSC
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Webbed feet and a depressed bill are characteristics of the order
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Anseriformes
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The Wading Birds in Florida have suffered from _______________________________ in south Florida.
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parasitism, mercury poisoning, interrupted hydroperiod
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The state of Florida lists the _________________________ as being threatened but the USFWS lists it as endangered.
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Red-cockaded Woodpecker
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The tail vertebrae in modern birds are fused to form a structure called the
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pygostyle
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Since the 1930s wading bird ______________________ have declined by 95% in Everglades National Park.
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nesting attempts
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The flightless _________ of the Mascarene Islands were related to the modern pigeons and doves.
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Dodos
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____________ dentition refers to the condition where the teeth are set on top of the jaw.
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Acrodont
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Woodpeckers build a cup nest in a tree cavity excavated by Bluebirds.
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FALSE
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The so-called Snail Kite feeds almost exclusively on
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apple snails
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Scientists belive that Archaeopteryx was a bird because it had
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feathers
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There are ___ bird species officially listed as endangered by the state of Florida.
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The _________ is a wading bird that occurs in Florida that feeds on freshwater mollusks.
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Limpkin
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Archaeopteryx fossils date back to the _____________ period in Bavaria.
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Jurassic
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The ____________ are game birds found on islands in the south Pacific and in Australia whose young hatch ready to fly.
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Megapodes
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The _________________ builds a cup nest in cavities in trees.
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Eastern Bluebird
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A conical shaped beak, as seen in finches, is an adaptation for feeding on
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seeds
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______ swallow their prey whole and then regurgitate the skins and bones in pellets.
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owls
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The ________ is the flightless parrot.
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Kakapo
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Ratite birds all occur in the ________________ hemisphere.
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southern
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The order Gruiformes is represented by several species of flightless ______ on oceanic islands.
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rails
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All birds are oviparous.
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TRUE
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The birds are thought to have evolved from the same reptilian subclass as the
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crocodilians
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A facial disk is a characteristic of the
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owls
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There are about _________ species of passeriform birds.
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5100
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The Fairy Tern lays its eggs
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on a naked tree branch
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_______ are ratite birds that still exist today in New Zealand.
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Kiwis
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The Kakapo is native to
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New Zealand
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______________ dentition refers to the condition where the teeth are set in a groove in the jaw.
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Pleurodont
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Elephant birds and Moas filled the niche of ____________________ on certain oceanic islands.
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grazing mammals
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The biggest threat to the Florida Grasshopper Sparrow is
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habitat loss
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Wood storks find food by using their sense of
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touch
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There are roughly ____ orders of non-passeriform birds.
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When open habitats in South florida near Lake Okeechobee are protected from fire _________ are able to invade and render the habitat unsuitable for Florida Grasshopper Sparrows.
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hardwoods
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The Ivory-billed Woodpecker and Bachman's Warbler are both
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probably extinct
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Carinate birds have a __________ sternum.
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keeled
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The Limpkin is listed as a(n) _____ species by the state of Florida.
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SSC
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_____________ are the most primitive flying birds.
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Tinamous
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The Monotremes are characterized by species that
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lay eggs
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The _____________ is the only Marsupial native to North America.
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opposum
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Rhesus macaques (monkeys) released in Florida were originally trapped in
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India
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There are approximately ________ species of modern mammals.
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4600
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Mammals have _________ middle ear ossicles whereas reptiles have one.
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The ______________ are an example of an insectivorous marsupial.
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bandicoots
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Rhesus macaques (monkeys) are able to swim.
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TRUE
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There is not a marsupial morphological/ecological equivalent to the placental
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bats
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The Florida Mouse is typically found in close association with
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gopher tortoises
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A large spur with a venom gland is found on the hind leg of male
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platypuses
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All mammals have _____________________ jaw articulation.
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dentary/squamosal
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Ever-growing incisors are characteristic of the
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rodents
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The order _____________ is the second largest order of placental mammals.
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Chiroptera
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The __________ is actually the marsupial equivalent of the anteaters of South America.
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Numbat
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Long-beaked Echidna now occur only in
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New Guinea
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Rhesus macaques (monkeys) in the Florida Keys have
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destroyed mangroves
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The _____________ were mammal-like reptiles that had various combinations of mammalian and reptilian characters.
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Cynodonts
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A company from New England released Rhesus Macaques onto Key Lois and Raccoon Key in order to
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produce a population for biomedical studies
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The Defenders of Wildlife (an NGO) challenged the USFWS decision not to list the ____________________ as endangered or threatened.
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Florida Black Bear
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The Thylacines were exterminated in _____________ by sheep growers in the 1930s.
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Tasmania
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The Key Deer population in the Florida Keys has increased due to protection from hunting and
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increased availability of freshwater.
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State wildlife biologists argued for the construction of culverts under the highway near Wekiva, Florida to protect wandering
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Black bears
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The rhesus macques released in the Florida Keys were said to be free of
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Herpes B
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Long-beaked Echidnas now occur only in
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New Guinea
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In 1994, 29 _______________ were released onto St. Matthew Islands and 20 years later they had increased to nearly 6000 individuals.
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reindeer
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Key deer in Florida numbered roughly ____ individuals in 1957 before wildlife managers began their program to help them.
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The grazing placental mammals belong to the order
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Artiodactyla
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The Florida Mouse lives mostly in ______________ habitats.
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sandy scrub
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The first Rhesus macaques were released into the Florida Keys in
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1970s
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The first mammals appeared in the
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Triassic
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Twenty years after implementing several management practices, the mule deer herd on the Kaibab Plateau is said to have increased to _________ individuals.
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100,000
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When populations are rare, management strategies should try to
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increase natality
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The term "rut" refers to the _________________ of deer.
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breeding season
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________________ is a management technique used for benefiting the Black-capped Vireo in Texas.
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cowbird removal
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In female mammals with an estrous cycle
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ovulation is not concealed
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In Lincoln-Peterson techniques the first step is to _______ several individuals.
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mark
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In mammals the oocytes only leave the ovary at the time of
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ovulation
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The removal of brown-headed cowbirds was used as a management tool to protect
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golden-cheeked warblers
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LincolnPeterson techniques are used particularly
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secretive species
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In abundant populations natality might be reduced by the use of
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contraceptives
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The target population size of game species is always based on ecological or other scientific research.
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FALSE
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Mule deer on the Kaibab Plateau benefited from the removal of
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predators and competitors
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Wildlife management is aimed mostly at
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managing population sizes
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Male Platypuses may attempt to ensure paternity by fighting off other males.
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TRUE
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In species with an estrous cycle paternity is largely determined by the
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males
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The immune system works via
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cell recognition
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Use of feeders and trailmaster cameras allows for direct counting of
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Turkeys
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If a person with type A blood accidentally receives a transfusion of type B blood, the recipient's _____________ will agglutinate the type B blood.
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antibodies
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_____________ is an example of a situation where contraceptives might lower natality.
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Koalas on islands
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The idea behind using contraceptives in the elephant population in Kruger National Park was to
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prevent females from coming into estrous
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Scientists explored the use of immunocontraception to control __________________ in England.
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gray squirrels
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For populations that are declining managers should try to
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reduce mortality
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The USFWS flies fixed length transects in Canada to count
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waterfowl
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A fossil Monotreme (platypus) was recently found in? _______
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Argentina
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Most wildlife species have evolved a restricted breeding season because______
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of the huge energy expense of reproduction
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