Docsity
Docsity

Prepare for your exams
Prepare for your exams

Study with the several resources on Docsity


Earn points to download
Earn points to download

Earn points by helping other students or get them with a premium plan


Guidelines and tips
Guidelines and tips

Wildlife Management: Definitions and Historical Developments, Quizzes of Earth Sciences

Definitions for key terms in wildlife management, including habitat, populations, sustained yield, and the impact of european contact. It also outlines the historical development of wildlife management, from the era of overexploitation to the present day focus on ecological conservation.

Typology: Quizzes

2010/2011

Uploaded on 05/03/2011

kimberliemasterson
kimberliemasterson 🇺🇸

1 document

1 / 5

Toggle sidebar

This page cannot be seen from the preview

Don't miss anything!

bg1
TERM 1
Wildlife Management Definition
DEFINITION 1
The application of scientific knowledge and technical skills to
protect, conserve, limit, enhance or create habitat
TERM 2
Habitat Definition
DEFINITION 2
The resources the wildlife species of interest depends on
depends on for survial tied directly to land and it's various
amentities.
TERM 3
Populations Game management
DEFINITION 3
Overall game management principal is sustained yield.
TERM 4
Sustained Yield
DEFINITION 4
Is the rate of harverst does not exceed the rate of population
growth which produces a continuous supply if you have a
tag.
TERM 5
Time Line European Contact
DEFINITION 5
-Disease decimated the non-immune native human
populations -Smallpox/measles -By 1700 it was belived that
70 to 90% of natives had died -Urban cultures vanished
pf3
pf4
pf5

Partial preview of the text

Download Wildlife Management: Definitions and Historical Developments and more Quizzes Earth Sciences in PDF only on Docsity!

Wildlife Management Definition

The application of scientific knowledge and technical skills to

protect, conserve, limit, enhance or create habitat

TERM 2

Habitat Definition

DEFINITION 2

The resources the wildlife species of interest depends on

depends on for survial tied directly to land and it's various

amentities.

TERM 3

Populations Game management

DEFINITION 3

Overall game management principal is sustained yield.

TERM 4

Sustained Yield

DEFINITION 4

Is the rate of harverst does not exceed the rate of population

growth which produces a continuous supply if you have a

tag.

TERM 5

Time Line European Contact

DEFINITION 5

-Disease decimated the non-immune native human

populations -Smallpox/measles -By 1700 it was belived that

70 to 90% of natives had died -Urban cultures vanished

What causes popultion spikes?

Removal of the major predator causing prey to spike.

overinflated herds seen by european settlers in the west

1800's

TERM 7

Lewis and Clark

DEFINITION 7

Wildlife observations or numbers

TERM 8

Extrapolted

DEFINITION 8

No confidence that the numbers are correct because they

had no data.

TERM 9

Era of Overexploitation

DEFINITION 9

the bison herds went from 300 million to 200

TERM 10

1900 Era of

protection

DEFINITION 10

The lacy Act which regulated interstate commerce of wildlife

10,000 deer, 25 elk, 500 pronghorn, 200 big horn sheep

  • UDS
  • TERM
    • UDS
      • DEFINITION
  • TERM Federal predator control program started
    • UDS
      • DEFINITION
      • Population of deer 300,000 and they killed 101,
  • TERM
    • UDS
      • DEFINITION
  • TERM 1960 3000 elk
    • UDS
      • DEFINITION

UDS 1975

It went back to buck only hunts