WIS 2040 UF exam 1

the office of economic ornithology and mammalogy was established in

1885

the ESA was passed in

1973

California Condors vanished from the wild in California in about

1987

in ___ CITES banned international trade in ivory

1989

Large scale commercial fishing for Patagonian Toothfish began in the

1990s

Most of the species listed by CITES are categorized in Appendix

2

There are actually -- species of Patagonian Toothfish.

2

__species of kangaroo are only harvested on Flinders Island and Tasmania

2

According to the episode ~ Life in Cold Blood - Land Invaders ~ Painted Reed Frog males must increase energy intake by ---fold for calling

20

The US imports about -- percent of all legally harvested Patagonian Toothfish

20

By the late 1950s there roughly --- nutria in the US.

20 million

in one study of british farmland bird reseraches found that about ___% of all european birds are now a conservation concern

20%

There are possibly --- species of bony fishes.

22,000

Swordfish USA (SUSA) claims there are roughly 17 million recreational fishers and -- commercial swordfish boats in the North Atlantic.

250

In Wisconsin, authorities plan to kill----- deer in a circle with a 10 mile radius around a spot where 18 deer tested positive for CWD.

25000

There are basically ----kinds of red tides

3

According to SUSA about --- pounds of Swordfish are consumed by the US public each year.

30 million

currently mourning doves are hunted legally in __ states

39 states

According to hte St. Petersburg Times, by summer of 2000, manatee protection plans had been filed by __ of the 13 counties that were ordered to file them in 1989

4

According to a Time Magazine survey of 10007 adults ___ claimed to be vegetarians

4%

A female snow goose can lose ___ of her body mass producing a single clutch.

40%

The population of Black-tailed Prairie Dogs in Lubbock, Texas could be as high as

40,000

In April 1996 a ranger in Big Cypress found that 67 boats of frog leg catches weighed

4500 pounds

___species of kangaroo are harvested commercially on the mainland of Australia

5

in the year 2000, wild burros occurred ___ western states

5

According to Seton, at the start of the twentieth century there were--- prairie dogs on the Great Plains.

5 billion

According to the episode ~ Life in Cold Blood - Land Invaders ~ there are about--- species of amphibians worldwide.

6,000

according to the Pets in America Project an estimated ___% of American households had at least one pet

61%

There are about -- species of jawless vertebrates in the world today.

70

By 1984 the Schaus Swallowtail Butterfly was reduced to a total of

70 individuals

According to the Miami Herald in 1996 people were killing $___ worth of frogs per night.

700

In a poll, __% of Australians favored the killing of feral cats

75%

There are roughly--- times as many frogs and toads as there are salamanders.

8

When first considered for listing under the ESA, the Black-tailed Prairie dog was assigned a priority number of

8

Before 1997 the scallop season ran for --months in Florida.

9

--- of the world's seabirds nest together, perhaps in large colonies

95%

Since European contact, the Black-tailed Prairie dog has lost about ___% of its original 100 million acres of habitat.

99

formed as an offshoot of an anti-huntin group in England

ALF

In 1985-1986 the division called Anicmal Damage Control was transferred to the US Department of ___

Agriculture

The original Biological Survey was under the Department of ___

Agriculture

the US forest service is an agency under hte department of __

Agriculture

animal rights group that is leading the fight against using compound 1980

Animal Protection Institute

According to Moulton the Wildlife Management view basically follows that of the

Animal Reformists

the situation where individuals in a group try to bluff those in another group into thinking they have superior numbers is called ___ effect

Beau Geste

the theory of acquired characteristis was first advanced by

Lamarck

The USFWS used ______ to kill gulls in Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge.

DRC-1339

According to ___ the majority of people in the US favor hte re-introduction of hte Gray Wolf to Yellowstone National park

Defenders of Wildlife

The National Audubon society of today is an offshoot of the ___ state Audubon society

Massachusetts

In the 1990s, snow-mobiling was banned in Denali Naitonal Park by the ___

National Park Service

largest number of wild horses occurs in the state of ___

Nevada

Following passage of the clean water Act in the early 1970s, several species of water birds have returned to __

New York Harbor

When the USFWS increased the bag limit on snow geese, the ____ sued them to stop the increase.

HSUS

an agency under the department of interior

FWS

CARA was passed by the ___ in the summer of 2001

House of Representatives

Pacific Ocean tuna were considered "Dolphin Safe" after --- criteria were established

IATTC

is the group that manages Atlantic Swordfish.

ICCAT

Fishers (Martes pennati) have recently been re-introduced to the state of

Tennessee

the poison used in Colorado to kill bears

Thallium

bear-baiting is still practiced in pakistan and India

True

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources wants to kill introduced Mute Swans as they are thought to threaten native

Trumpeter Swans

a policy is

a course of action selected form among alternatives, and in light of conditions, to guide present and future decisions

All chordates have

a dorsal hollow nerve cord & pharyngeal gill slits.

About 150 nutria were able to escape from "escape proof" cages in Louisiana in 1940 following

a hurricane

The Ostracoderms may have used the bone in their skin for

a mineral reservoir

The formation of a communal foam nest is seen in certain tree frogs in

africa

Among the vertebrates a prominent notochord is found in adult members of the class

agnatha

issues involving species of wildlife that have become pests are generally under the department of ___

agriculture

--species of seabirds do not come to land to lay their eggs

all

Beau Geste Effect, Over-simplification, and fear-mongering

all hallmarks of propaganda

According to the episode ~ Life in Cold Blood - Land Invaders ~ the female -- wraps her egg in a leaf.

alpine newt

of the following is an example of a paedogenetic group of amphibian species.

amphiumans

Sexual coupling in species that have external fertilizatioin is called

amplexus

The parasitic sea lamprey is characterized by having

an oral disk

Fish that live in marine environments and ascend creeks and streams to breed are called

anadromous

Both the frogs and the salamanders produce

anamniote eggs

Lobsters and shrimp are species in the phylum

anthropoda

In deuterostomes the---froms from the blastopore

anus

Grass Carp were introduced to the US to contro

aquatic weeds

urochordata

are chordates that are sessile as adults and/but have a free-swimming larva.

Nutria were introduced to the US from

argentina

In the film The Perfect Storm, the crew was fishing for

atlantic swordfish

The now extinct gastric-brooding frog was known only from

austrailia

in 1970, some Boy Scouts found 2 dozen dead ___that were killed by exposure to thallium

bald and golden eagles

TFM may be replaced in the future by

baylucide

In order for hte public to effectively resolve wildlife issues they must first ___

be concerned about the issue

a popular English pastime that was outlawed by the Parliament in 1582

bear-baiting

Sea horses commonly live over

beds of grass

Just a state of mind

beliefs

Prairie Dog inhabits the short grass prairie zone of the Great Planes.

black tailed

One proposed way to kill non-indigenous Mute Swans is to pour ___ on the eggs

bleach

under the reign fo William the Conqueror, the penaly for killing one of the King's deer was

blinding

seahorses are actually

bony fish

are extremely dangerous species found in the region of tropical Australia.

box jellyfish

a study of 24 species of ___birds in Britain conducted by the BTO found that although many species were declining a few species were increasing

breeding

According to the episode ~ Life in Cold Blood - Land Invaders --- are legless amphibians that spend most of their lives underground.

caecilians

The whole motivation for protecting wild horses and burros began when the state of ___ suggested the hunters should shoot horses and burros for sport

california

once the net ban was imposed in Florida, Governor Lawton Chiles threatened to enforce it by

calling out the national guard

Petitioners originally sought an "emergency" ____ categorization for the Black-tailed Prairie Dog in 1994

candidate 2

Black-footed ferrets are vulnerable to as well as sylvatic plague.

canine distemper

in 2002 both houses of the US congress had bills before them that would ban__

canned hunts

One concern regarding the harvest in Big Cypress NP was the amount of air boat damage to the habitat of Snail Kites and

cape sable seaside sparrows

The individuals used in re-introductions of the black-footed ferret came from

captive breeding

When the use of Greater Sandhill Cranes as surrogate mothers failed as a conservation measure for Whooping Cranes, scientists turned to _____

captive breeding

Sharks are now commonly harvested for their ----, which is said to function as a cancer preventative.

cartilage

is a cellular structure that is typical only of species in the kingdom Fungi.

cell wall of chitin

The so-called poison arrow frogs are native to

central and south america

Amphioxus is a typical member of the subphylum

cephalochordate

the passage of the clean water act in the early 1970s led to the return of mummichog to New York Harbor, which benefited____

certain water birds

Coasts are the most ---- of all the ocean's habitats

changing

Sea Horses are especially popular in markets in traditional medicine in

china

bear farms, where bears are kept for their bile, occur widely in

china

in the summer of 2002 there were several forest fires in ___ which could not have been the result of the US Forest Service practices

china

President ____ called for a ban on all recreational snow-mobiling in all National Parks

clinton

Cannonball jellyfish belong to the Phylum

cnidaria

Coral reefs are formed by species in the phylum

cnidaria

is one of the three most represented phyla of invertebrates listed by FCREPA

cnidaria

is the sole surviving member of the lobe-finned fishes

coelocanth

are cells that trap tiny food particles as water flows through the body wall of sponges.

collar cells

CWD was first seen in captive deer in

colorado

is one of the species that benefited most from gull culling at Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge

common terns

In the vertebrates the gills are internal and

connected to the digestive tube

a ban on commercial netting of fish within three miles of hte Atlantic coast adn nine miles of the Gulf coast of Florida was the result of

constitutional amendment

in practice___may determine wildlife management practices

convenience, economics and politics

White line disease is found in certain --- in Florida.

corals

The Golden Toad which has recently decline precipitously is native to

costa rica

compound 1080 was a deadly poison used primarily for killing ___

coyotes

In order to protect Mule Deer on the Kaibab Plateau, 300 wolves and more than seven hundred mountain lions were killed, and

deer and hunting was banned

is the non-governmental organization that pushed for and participated in the re-introduction of gray wolves to Idaho and Yellowstone National Park

defenders of wildlife

one native species that has been negatively impacted by wild burros is the

desert bighorn

The main problem caused by Nutria in Louisiana is that they

destroy wetland and farmland vegetation

The Dusky Seaside Sparrow that went extinct in Florida was a victim of

development

Red Tides toxins are produced by

dinoflagellates

Most non-phylogenetic wildlife classification schemes are based on

distribution and abundance

habitat may be defined in terms of

dominant vegetation, soil, and species of interest

Australians use hte "Judas" technique to manage populations of

donkeys

___ is the non-governmental organization that claims increased numbers of snow geese are destroying arctic vegetation.

ducks unlimited

The fisher re-introductions were funded in part by

duracell

According to the episode ~ Life in Cold Blood - Land Invaders Marbled Salamanders are native to

eastern US

one reason propaganda is so effective is that it is

easy to believe

In Louisiana, authorities recently hoped to persuade the public to

eat nutria meat

Sea urchins belong to the phylum

echinodermata

The MFC left the recreational scallop season open for 2 months because of

economic pressure

Some species of --- are catadromous species.

eels

The FWC lists--- species of invertebrates as being threatened, or endangered.

eight

CWD has been known to infect --- as well as deer.

elk

Bleaching of coral reefs can be caused by

environmental stress

when population sizes are not changing they are at___

equilibrium

Nutria were originally introduced to

establish a fur industry

The common carp is native to

eurasia

most of the kangaroo meat commercially harvested in Australia is exported to ___ countries

european

According to the episode ~ Life in Cold Blood - Land Invaders ~ New Guinea is the home of the tiniest of all frogs

false

According to the episode ~ Life in Cold Blood - Land Invaders ~ female salamanders that were living in a mine shaft will starve themselves before they will feed on the eggs of other females.

false

According to the episode ~ Life in Cold Blood - Land Invaders ~ the eggs of the Giant Salamander unlike those of other amphibians have a well developed shell.

false

All lampreys are parasitic.

false

All ranchers in the US oppose wolf re-introductions

false

In 1999, the USFWS ruled that there was sufficient evidence to warrant an emergency listing for the Black-tailed Prairie Dog.

false

Lampreys are chiefly catadromous.

false

PITTMAN-ROBERTSON MONEY IS NEVER USED LEGALLY FOR HABITAT MANAGEMENT

false

Piping Plovers are restricted to the east coast of the United States

false

Pittman-Robertson money is only used legally for game species

false

Plants are not listed by CITES.

false

The Black-tailed Prairie dog is protected by state law in several states.

false

The Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow spends the winter in Cuba.

false

The Patagonian Toothfish is officially listed as endangered.

false

The Schaus Swallowtail Butterfly once occurred statewide in Florida.

false

The four chordate characteristics are all visible in the adults of all chordate species.

false

as defined by Moulton, wildlife management practices are always inentiional

false

beliefs can be transformed into facts if enough people believe in them

false

in most issues hte majority of people have a strong opinion

false

it is really not important who decides what is actually scientific and what is pseudoscientific

false

mountain lions have never been known to kill humans

false

public input is very important in LDCs

false

the pro-boating group is made up exclusively of boat owners

false

wildlife issues or other environmental issues should be resolved based on public opinion as the majority is never wrong

false

___is the organization that has vehemently opposed Lynx re-introductions to Colorado.

farm bureau

researches believe hat the declines seen in british farmland birds are due to

farming practices

in the late 1800s wading birds in Florida (mostly egrets) were being killed for the

fashion industry

New Zealand's Capelin spawn on the beach because, perhaps, the eggs are safer from marine predators and the eggs develop ---than in the surrounding cold waters

faster

In Darwin's frog in Chile, the young frogs develop in

father's vocal sac

Typically, invertebrates use their gills for

feeding

an animal shelter worker in Michigan was fired for

feeding puppies to a snake

When Crested Auklets gather to nest in high densities, one benefit may be that they can share information on good---

feeding sites

Male Elephant Seals fight to gain access to

females

the Pittman-Robertson Act levied a 10% tax on

firearms and ammunition

scientists are presently re-introducing whooping cranes to

florida

The Schaus Swallowtail butterfly is found only in

florida keys

Game Species are those that are hunted for ___

for sport

The fossil amphibians and the lobe-finned fishes are linked by similarities in the

forelimb bone pattern

When the US government closed more than 132,000 square miles to commercial swordfishing in the Atlantic, the sponsors of the 'Give Swordfish a Break'

formally ended the campaign

in 1996, public outcry led to a ban on the harvest of ___ in Big Cypress National Preserve.

frogs

external fertilization is characteristic of the

frogs and toads

Varmint hunters shoot prairie dogs chiefly for

fun

The muskrat is a once commercially important native North American ___ that weighs about 2 lb

furbearer

Beaver and muskrats are classified as ___

furbearers

Propaganda is used in order to ____

gain support from the masses

The currently accepted theory among biologists on the evolution of the vertebrates is based on

garstang's hypothesis

Embryonic genes switch on during the --- phase of development.

gastrula

when campaigning for a certain cause it it important to win whenever possible in order to ____

generate positive propaganda

According to the episode ~ Life in Cold Blood - Land Invaders ~ the --- is native to Japan.

giant salamander

Jaws evolved from the

gill arches

was not one of the explanations advanced by Jenkins to explain declines of Guam's forest birds

global warming

The Schaus Swallowtail butterfly may avoid extinction in the wild because of a partnership between conservation scientists and a --association

golfing

in south america, swainson's Hawks were killed after they ingested ___poisoned by monocrotophos

grasshoppers

were sea bird related to Puffins

great Auks

Piping plovers in Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge were mostly preyed on by

great black-backed gulls

A hunter from Louisiana, who shot a radio-collared lynx in Colorado, was fined

greater than 18000

Icthyostega fossils are known from what is now

greenland

BTO researchers found that the ___ had increased to higher numbers than ever reported throughout history

grey heron

black skimmers are closely related to the

gulls and terns

use slime production as a defense mechanism.

hagfish

In addition to being toxic bufotenine is also an

hallucinogen

Cannonball jellyfish are a good species for commercial harvest because they

have high reproductive rates

Moulton believes that few invertebrate species are federally listed in Florida because invertebrate

have not been studied extensively

is the phylum of marine, acorn worms

hemichordata

The blastula is a

hollow ball of cells

voters in oregon banned the hunting of mountain lions with

hounds

the great auk was a seabird that was exterminated in part by

human harvest of their eggs

historically wildlife managers have focused on making___happy

hunters

historically, most of the revenue generated fro wildlife management has come from ___

hunters

The Schaus Swallowtail butterfly was nearly wiped out in 1992 because of

hurricane andrew

When exposed to air, phostoxin reacts to form

hydrogen phosphide

public lands grazers int eh western states are no long ers poweful as they once were, because of

increased public awareness

Small seabirds known as Petrels deal with winds that keep them from their nest by laying an egg that can be left for several days without

incubation

the nation that joined kenya and fought against permantenly lifting the ban on ivory trade

india

Only species in the class --- can be exempt of provisions in the Endangered Species Act.

insecta

Caecilians are characterized by having

internal fertilization

in order to nest successfully, Kirtland's Warblers require ___ witha dense understory

jack pine

was the non-african nation taht wanted the ivory trade to be reinstated

japan

Sponges once were, but no longer are, commercially harvested out of

key west

USFWS scientists wanted to kill certain gulls at the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge in Massachusetts because the gulls were

killing federally listed piping plovers

Currently the market for US caught cannonball jellyfish exists especially in

korea

is a characteristic shared by the amphibians and certain lobe-finned fishes

labyrinthine infolded tooth enamel

When lampreys reached the upper Great Lakes the --- fishery collapsed

lake trout

Scientists once thought (incorrectly) that Amphioxus was a larval --- that underwent paedomorphosis

lamprey

Natives on the Yukon River harvest nemeryaq which are actually

lampreys

TFM is a chemical once used to control

lampreys

When the Welland canal was deepened----invaded Lake Erie.

lampreys

a ___ gull is a common scavenging species of the Gulf Coast of Florida

laughing

some of the california condors release in the 1990s were later killed by

lead poisoning

Recently trappers in Louisiana were earning about $__ per nutria pelt.

less than 3

when two sides differ greatly in how much power they have, issues are resolved with--

little compromise

The Patagonian Toothfish is harvested using

long lines

Swordfish are harvested commercially using

longlines

According to the episode ~ Life in Cold Blood - Land Invaders ~ the first amphibian might have resembled a

lungfish

Atlantic Swordfish feed chiefly on squid and --- as adults.

mackerel

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is similar to ---- seen in England.

mad cow disease

According to the episode ~ Life in Cold Blood - Land Invaders ~--- frog of Africa guards the nursery pool.

male african bullfrog

The Marine Iguana is the world's only sea-going lizard. The _--- are large enough to dive underwater and eat seaweed

males

In 1994 the Florida DEP became concerned about the high number of deaths of ___

manatees

Modern hagfishes are found only in

marine environments

act of 1972 was enacted to protect dolphins from mortality due to fishing.

marine mammal protection act

wildlife management practices that foavour one species may__

may harm another

A true coelom is a secondary body cavity that is surrounded by

mesoderm and mesoderm

refers to the developmental change from juvenile to adult

metamorphosis

Chirping frogs were first seen in Hawaii in the

mid 1800s

Scallops are members of the phylum

mollusca

In the 1970s Bighead and Silver Carp were introduced to the US to control

mollusks and algae

Species in the kingdom ---- are characterized by having prokaryotic cells.

monera

The solid ball of cells formed through cleavage is called a

morula

the california wildlife protection act banned hunting of

mountain lions

A frog gig is basically a

multi-pronged spear

Re-introductions of Canada Lynx in Colorado all took place on

national forest land

in the early part of the 20th century, wildlifers released numerous non-indigenous species for hunting because

native game species were so reduced by market hunters

The "Give Swordfish a Break" campaign was run by Sea Web and

natural resources defense council

A pseudocoelom is characteristic of the

nematodes

refers to the facultative or environmentally determined form of paedomorphosis

neoteny

"Egging", means the removal of eggs from snow goose nests will likely be ineffective in managing snow geese because

nests are far from any people

Members of the Phylum Platyhelminthes (Flatworms) have -- secondary body cavity.

no

The majority of vertebrate species in Florida and Colorado are properly classified as__species

non-game

in arguin issues, any statements that are made must be

none of these

The Schaus Swallowtail butterfly survived because a few individuals were

none of these (not protected by the NPS, naturally large, or had mated with an introduced species)

In August 2004, based on new information, the USFWS ruled that the Black-tailed Prairie Dog should

not be listed

the first step to the scientific method

observation

Officials in Lubbock plan to use ____to kill prairie dogs.

phostoxin

the net ban campaign relied heavily on the use of

photographs of dead wildlife

The frog most sought after in Big Cypress National Preserve was the___ frog

pig

When Walruses, distant cousins of bears, return to land for a few weeks each year to breed, their skin changes from white to

pink

were the first jawed vertebrates.

placoderms

Flatworms belong to the phylum

platyhelminthes

Respiration occurs across a pharyngeal membrane in the

plethodontidae

According to the episode ~ Life in Cold Blood - Land Invaders ~ female ---- of Central and South America feed the young an unfertilized egg

poison arrow frogs

Priority numbers for listing species under the ESA are based on

population size

A favorite food of fishers in some areas is

porcupine

The invertebrate phylum --- has no species listed by the FWC.

porifera

not considered a component of habitat accordign to the traditional wildlife definition of habitat

potential competitors

The range of Black-footed Ferret historically coincided more or less with the range of

prairie dogs

In the late nineteenth century, the Office of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy spent most of its effort on

predator control

Synchronized sea turtle hatching may be a strategy to overwhelm potential -- and, thus, increase the chances of hatchlings reaching the sea.

predators

External fertilization is seen in --- salamanders

primitive

CWD is caused by

prions

The Ostracoderms may have used their bony skin for

protection

Red tides are caused by a species from the kingdom

protista

The blastopore becomes the mouth in the development of

protosomes

To protect Lake Michigan from possible invasion by Asian carp, fishery managers

put up electrical barrier

each year wild horses and burros are removed from the wild and ___

put up for adoption

not considered a wildlife management practice

rain

the most vigorous supporters of the net ban campaign in florida

recreational fishers

for Southern Sea Lions, the benefit of group breeding may be that the pups develop bonds and ---- that will allow them to share information in the future.

relationships

When ____ are low, some organisms that cause red tides revert to sexual reproduction.

resources

In order for jaws to function properly an animal must be able to overcome ---, pitch, and yaw.

roll

The Hedonic glands play an active role in

salamander courtship

Paedomorphosis is a characteristic of certain

salamanders

Creating stepping-stone habitat is a technique used by Dr. Tom Emmel to aid the

schaus swallowtail butterfly

The fishing technique used to catch Patagonian Toothfish is said to have resulted in the deaths of numerous

sea birds

According to the episode ~ Life in Cold Blood - Land Invaders ~ young Caecilians fed on

secretions from mothers tail, layers of skin

are primitive salamanders that have external gills, and front legs but no hind legs

sirens

when_____ estivate they produce a mucous cocoon like the African lungfish

sirens

The state of Louisiana constructed ___ plants to process nutria for human consumption.

six

According to the episode ~ Life in Cold Blood - Land Invaders ~ the male Marsupial Frog carries the tadpoles in pouches on his hips for up to

six weeks

Recently, the National Park Service banned ___ in Denali National Park

snow-mobiling

Canada Lynx feed principally on

snowshoe hares

Assembling in large colonies provides ---stimulation that allows seabirds, which often live solitarily, to coordinate and synchronize their breeding

social

The largest population of re-introduced black-footed ferrets (164 individuals) is in

south Dakota

Once thought to be extinct, a population of Black-footed Ferrets was found in ____ in 1964.

south dakota

Scallops began to disappear in the region of the Gulf of Mexico

south of the suwanee river

agriculturalists in Britain blamed the declines in some species on predation by

sparrow hawks

are structures produced by male salamanders for reproductive purposes

spermatophores

example of anon-game wading bird

the green-backed heron

not a method used by states for funding non-game wildlife conservation and research

the penny a pound crop tax

is a juvenile characteristic retained by some paedogenetic species.

the presence of external gills

Management efforts on the Kaibab Plateau were aimed mostly at pleasing _______

the public

when it comes to resolving wildlife issues, the ___ is the most powerful force in America

the public

Boating rights advocates in Florida calim that increase manatee deaths must mean that ____

there are plenty of manatees so it doesn't matter

The phylum chordate is subdivided into-- subphyla.

three

There were --recognizable evolutionary lines of fossil amphibians.

three

in 1999 petitioners listed ____ threats to the Black-tailed Prairie Dog.

three

Any swordfish that are caught that are not large enough by established standards are

thrown overboard

According to the episode ~ Life in Cold Blood - Land Invaders ~ Marbled Salamanders spend the winter in limestone caves.

true

Before 1996, frog gigging for consumption by a person's family was legal in Big Cypress National Preserve.

true

Black Skimmers benefited from gull control at Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge.

true

Marine mammals lose heat more rapidly in water than in air

true

Red tides are not always characterized by a change in the water color.

true

according to Moulton, humans can successfully manage wildlife

true

at the 2002 cites meeting, the US agred with the motion to allow a one time sale of ivory stockpiled in five african nations

true

propaganda does not necessarily involve the use of lies

true

sometimes the absence of human intervention can be considered a wildlife management practice

true

the waterfowl management act passed in 1913 was later repealed

true

In 1990, the US banned imports of --from Mexico because of dolphin mortality.

tuna

According to Moulton there are basically __ categories of wildlife issues

two

As noted in lecture, there are ___ main foraging types (not species!) of gull

two

accordign to Guither, animal advocates fall into __ general groups

two

the main problem with the various mechanisms for funding non-game wildlife research that are in place today that they are

unpredictable

The sea squirts belong to the subphylum

urochordata

the ____Prairie Dog is listed as endangered

utah

The fossil lineages of the amphibians are recognizable on the basis of the structure of the

vertebrae

One problem with harvesting sharks commercially is that they are

viviparous

Phostoxin reacts with ___in the atmosphere to become activated.

water

Punt guns were commonly used for commercially harvesting __

waterfowl

Fishers are members of the ___ family

weasel

ostracoderms

were the first vertebrates.

Game species may become non game species when___

when they become rare

Rhode Island was the first state to close thehunting season on___

white-tailed deer

the use of surrogate mothers was an unsucessful management practice used in the recovering of the ___

whooping crane

california was the first state to have

wildlife commission

Americans supported the re-introduction of ____ to Yellowstone National park in te 1990s

wolves

management practices that aided the brown-headed cowbird are associated with the decline of ____

wood thrush

in 1981, a population of Black-footed Ferrets was found near Meeteese in

wyoming

is an introduced species in North America that belongs to the phylum Mollusca.

zebra mussel

A total of __nutria was processed in 1996-1997 for human consumption in Louisiana.

zero

There are --federally listed species of amphibians in Florida

zero

The cost of removing 300 prairie dogs from the Lubbock site was

17,000

Buros were introduced to the US in the ___ century

17th

Kirtland's warblers winter in

Bahamas

Chirping frogs were introduced to Hawaii from

Puerto Rico

an example of a southeastern US game bird that, due to hte effects of fire ants and habitat loss, is declining

the bobwhite

a brood parasite that attacks the nexts of Kirtland's Warbler

the brown-headed cowbird

wild horses presently occur in ___ western states

10

The genus Eleutherodactylus a genus of chirping frogs has --- species scattered over the West Indies

100

science is presumably based on ___% facts

100%

There are an estimated ____ feral cats in Australia.

12 million

Roughly ---nations have signed the CITES agreement.

164

for every 75 cents contributed to the Pittman-Robertson Act, the state agency must contribute __

0.25

Mostly because of intense predation, about--- in every 100 Flatbacked Turtle hatchlings survive to adulthood.

1

According to Sea Web as many as ---million pounds of marlin were discarded by the swordfish industry between 1995-1996.

1.1

The waterfowl belong ot the taxonomic order _____

Anseriformes

the Human Society for the US is

Anti-hunting

Recently monocrotophos was implicated in the poisoning deaths of Swainson's Hawks in___

Argentina

In 1996, six California Condors were released in the state of

Arizona

the state with the largest number of wild burros

Arizona

ring-necked Pheasants were introduced to the US from

Asia

wild horses and burros are managed by the

BLM

NBS was renamed the ___ in 1996

BRD

Dr. Julie Savidge confluded that___was the cause of declines of forest bird populations in Guam

Brown-tree snake predation

according to Viva! ___ is the nation that impors the greates amount of kangaroo meat

Bulgaria

the original office of economic ornithology and mammalogy was later renamed

Bureau of Biologial survey

the USFWS was formed by combining hte Bureau of Biological survey with the

Bureau of Fisheries

in 2002, __reversed the decision to ban recreational snow-mobiling in National Parks.

Bush

The Patagonian Toothfish is managed by a group of 24 nations that make up the

CCAMLR

International trade in endangered species is monitored by

CITES

is an example of a wildlife classification scheme based on an international agreement

CITES

According to MPM many wildlifers, if given a choice would study

CMVs

According to moulton, perhaps the best definition of habitat was advanced by

Caughley and Sinclair

although japan supported the one time sale of ivory, the sale was opposed by

China

the Mute Swan population in Massachusetts is derived from individuals introduced from

Europe

in 1994, the ___ imposed a moratorium on hunting black bears in Florida

GFC

Most of the so-called upland game birds belong to the order ___

Galliformes

A species of lobe finned fish still occurs in

Indian ocean

BLM is an agency under hte US Department of __

Interior

Issues involving rare and endangered species generally fall under the US Department of ___

Interior

Economically well-developed nations are called

MDCs

during the campaign for the net ban the supporters of the ban accused the ___ of "nonfeasance"

MFC

the Wildlife Unification Amendment merged the GFC with the

MFC

n the episode ~ Life in Cold Blood - Land Invaders ~ we saw a colony of several hundred slimy salamanders living in a

MINE

the first state to have paid game wardens

Maine

the SEcretary of Interior Bruce Babbitt told peopel in New Mexico that___ were here to stay, even though someone had shot some of the introduced animals

Mexican Wolves

kirland's warbler currently ness almost exclusively in the state of ___

Michigan

Management of snow geese legally falls under the

Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918.

Deformed frogs were first seen in ---in the 1990s

Minnesota

cougars have recently been found in South Dakota and

Minnesota

the state where a tax on soft drink cans was used to fund non-game wildlife research

Missouri

the first ring-necked pheasant introduction into the US were made to the state of___

Oregon

the animal rights group that opposes any use of animals by humans

PETA

According to Swordfish USA about 2/3 of the swordfish consumed in the US comes from the --- Ocean.

Pacific

species in the___ group are not considered game birds

Passeriformes

california condor re-introductions were carried out by a partnership between the USFWS and the___

Peregrine fund

Many sea horses are harvested by fishers from

Philippines

the so-called Federal-aid-in-wildlife restroation Act of 1937 is also known as the

Pittman-Robertson Act

the use of poisons for predator control was banned on all federal lands by

President Nixon

Wisconsin deer may have been infected with CWD by eating

Protein pellets.

the so-called ___in Guither's vernacular support animal welfare

Reformists

the main product that forms the bile of bears is ___

UDCA

In 1997, the ---decided to lift the ban on imports of Mexican tuna.

US senate

Wide scale poisioning of prairie dogs was undertaken between 1920 and 1970 by the agency now known a

USDA Wildlife services

In the 1996 Congress places the NBS under the

USGS

the animal rights advocacy group that led the campaign to ban the sale of kangaroo meat in UK grocery stores

VIVA!

the soviet geneticist who argued against the idea that wheant could be made cold tolerant simply by exposing randomly chosen plants to cold temperatures with no regard for natural cold tolerance

Vavilov

a western state in the lower 48 states that has no wild horses

Washington

enacted in 1913, focused on migratory waterfowl management

Weeks-McLean Act

the FWC was officially formed by the

Wildlife Unificaiton amendment

some citizens of hte state of ___ sued to halt the season of Mourning Doves in 2001

Wisconsin

has a name that is itself propaganda

Wise Use

In the early 1900s, many people in the US supported the extermination of wolves in ____ Naitonal Park

Yellowstone

___Naitonal Park was the first national park in the US

Yellowstone

one of the African nations that argued for lifting hte ban on ivory trade

Zimbabwe

forest in the pacific northwest is needed to protect populations of Northern Spotted Owls

old growth

the Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act was passed to protect and manage horses and burros on

on public rangelands

Kirtland's Warblers build their nests

on the ground

he legislation known as CARA would provide funds for wildlife resarch and conservation from revenues generated by oil and gas reserves on __

on the outer continental shelf

Cape Sable Seaside Sparrows typically nest is

one meter tall saw grass

the predator defense institue attacked the ___ state wildlife agency over its methods for studying mountain lion population size

oregon

The Placoderms are thought to have evolved from the

ostracoderms

Asian Carp may actually leap into boats because

outboard motors frighten them

has not been suggested as a cause of deformities in frogs

ozone

When re-introduced wolves kill livestock where they are re-introduced, the livestock owner is

paid fair market value for the loss

were an adaptation that enabled the jaws to work efficiently.

paired fins

Toads secrete a poison from the ---- glands on their heads

parotoid

market hunters once sold ___ for a dime a dozen in New York meat markets

passenger pigeons

Intracellular digestion by amoebocytes is typical of

sponges

The structurally simplest animals we discussed are the

sponges

the Bison were saved by a coalition of nature lovers and

sport hunters

People in Kentucky developed Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease like symptoms after eating

squirrel brains

After the scallops declined, the state (through the MFC) banned commercial harvest of scallops

statewide

the most widely used type of non-toxic shotgun shell shot according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game

steel

The US government recently closed more than 132,000 square miles of the Atlantic to commercial swordfishing because these areas are

swordfish nursery areas

Prairie dogs are especially vulnerable to

sylvatic plague

Moulton was able to buy some dried seahorses at a market in

tarpon springs

Today sponges are commercially harvested in Florida only out o

tarpon springs

following the passage foht e net ban amendment in Florida, some commercial fishers tried to use ____ to catch fish

tarps

CARA has been advanced as a superior method for funding the initiative called

teaming with wildlife

Act that ultimately stopped the trade in wading bird feathers from Florida by banning interstate commerce in wildlife products taken illegally

the Lacey Act