Wildlife Management Final

When aging northern bobwhites by the wings, you note that the primary coverts have buffy tips. Based on this information, you can classify this bird as:

juvenile

You are attempting to age a deer using the jaw/teeth from one side of the lower jaw. You count 4 teeth emerged above the gum line. What is the age?

0.5 years

You are using radio telemetry to recover a lost radio collar. What is the best method to use?

Homing

The signal gathering capacity of a telemetry receiver is called the:

gain

The most commonly used frequency range in radiotelemetry is:

VHF

No births or deaths in a population during estimation of abundance is considered ____.

demographic closure

Using animal track counts to compare numbers of animals between 2 research sites would be termed:

relative abundance

What is the best use of an H antenna in radiotelemetry?

a compromise between directionality and portability

A population survey indicates there are 2 grey foxes on a property. What is being described in this example?

abundance

If a population survey indicates there are 2 grey foxes on a 100 ha property, what is the density?

1 fox/50ha

When conducting a population survey, it is difficult to see every animal present. We can calculate the proportion we do see. This is referred to as:

observability

How is observability estimated?

double sampling

Counting ducks on a pond is described as a population ___.

census

You are conducting a population survey for rabbits. You walk a 100m line and count all rabbits with 20, on each side of the line. This type of sampling is referred to as:

fixed width transect survey

Which committee is responsible for ensuring the welfare of animals used in university research?

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

A simple statistic using a sample of students to explain the GPA of a university is called

descriptive statistics

Which of the following will give you the best indication of how the data is spread around the central tendency?

standard deviation

Which best describes the central tendency of a distribution?

median

In a parametric test, you are comparing the sample ___.

means

The samples in a n experiment that do not receive a treatment but are still measured to compare the treatment effect are called:

control

You are comparing the effects of a single treatment against a control. Which of the following statistical tests would you likely use?

student’s t-test

The drug that causes the desired effect in chemically immobilizing an animal is termed:

agonist

The loss of pain sensation throughout the body is termed:

general anesthesia

If you used any structure to direct an animal to a desired location or trap, this is termed a:

drift fence

The decrease in pain sensation in a particular part of the body is termed:

analgesic

What is a PIT tag?

a small transponder often placed under the skin to mark an animal

6 main sections in a scientific article

abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion, literature cited

systematic sampling

using a pattern to choose your sample

stratified random sampling

separating population into groups and then randomly choose your sample from those groups

simple random sampling

no pattern or grouping, just randomly choosing your sample

Aggregate Limit

A daily bag or possession limit composed of more than one species or a single bag limit that applies to a group of counties.

Air Gun

A device that fires a bullet solely by the use of unignited compressed gas as the propellant.

Annual Bag Limit

The maximum number of these species that may be lawfully taken by a hunter during a license year.

Antler Point

A projection that extends at least one inch from the edge of a main beam or another tine. The tip of a main beam is also a point.

Artificial Lure

Any lure (including flies) with hook or hooks attached that is man-made and is used as a bait while fishing.

Bait

Something that intentionally or unintentionally lures any wildlife resource. Includes, but not limited, to salt, grain, minerals, or other feed, directly or indirectly placed, exposed, deposited, distributed, or scattered. Does not include scent attractants for animals. It is unlawful to use game fish or any part thereof as bait.

Barotrauma

A condition caused by expansion of gases inside a fish, such as the stomach coming out of the mouth, bulging eyes, bloated belly, and/or distended intestines.

CITES

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species is an international agreement between governments to ensure that international trade in wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival.

Depredation

Causing damage or destruction to property, commercial crops or native environments.

Final Destination

The permanent residence (definition, pg. 86) of the hunter; the permanent residence of any other person receiving the animal/bird carcass part of an animal/bird carcass; or a Type 1 cold storage or processing facility.

Gear Tag

A tag constructed of material as durable as the device to which it is attached. The gear tag must be legible, contain the name and address, or customer number, of the person using the device, and the date the device was set out. Date is not required for saltwater trotlines or crabtraps fished under a commercial license. For juglines, freshwater trotlines, minnow traps, and throwlines properly marked buoys or floats qualify as valid gear tags.

Immediate consumption

The preparation process for a carcass portion to be immediately cooked and eaten. This would not include processed portions stored while marinating for later consumption.

Legal shooting hours for all game animals and no migratory game birds

The period from one-half hour before official sunrise to one-half hour after official sunset.

Manipulation

The alteration of natural vegetation or agricultural crops, including but not limited to mowing, shredding, discing, rolling, chopping, trampling, flattening, burning and herbicide treatments. Only lawful for dove hunting, NOT waterfowl or cranes. Manipulation does not include the incidental distributing or scattering of grain, seed or other feed after removal from or storage on the field where grown.

No game Fish

All species not listed as game fish except endangered and threatened fish, which are defined and regulated under separate rules.

Possession Limit (hunters)

The maximum number of any animal or bird that may be possessed by any person at any place. This limit only ceases when a bird or animal is legally finally processed or reaches ts final destination. Final processing may only occur at final destination or cold storage facility.

Possession Limit (anglers)

The maximum number of fish a person may possess before returning to their residence. Possession limit is twice the daily bag on game and nongame fish, except as provided in this guide, and does not apply to fish in the possession of or stored by a person at their residence.

Tag

A label attached to a harvested resource (such as animal, fowl, fish). The type of license (physical or digital) may affect the type of tag authorized for use.

Waterfowl

Ducks (including teal), geese, mergansers, and coots. Does NOT include Sandhill Crane.

WIldlife Resource

Any wild animal, wild bird, or aquatic life.

Erath Dove Season

September 1- October 27, December 13-January 14

Erath County Dove Bag Limit

15 mourning, white winged, and white-tipped, no more than 2 white-tipped

Erath County Dove Possession Limit

45 mourning, white-winged, and white-tipped, no more than 6 white-tipped