wildlife habitat quiz 4

Land Sparing

intensively farm some areas and avoid farming other areas

Land Sharing: Wildlife-friendly farming

Plant trees or shrubs along streams and rivers to control erosion

Use integrated pest management (IPM) – set thresholds, monitor and identify pests, prevent pest population irruptions, control with less risky methods first

Leave crop "stubble" on the ground to provide habitat for nesting birds

Fire prevention and suppression led to

encroachment of woody plants into grasslands

shift to less fire-tolerant species

increases in stand density

increases in the amount of flammable fuels

intensification in fire behavior

Which landcover types benefit from fire?

Grasslands/prairies/meadows, coniferous forests, wetlands, hardwood forests

Prescribed fire in Appalachian forests may enhance habitat for which species?

some reptiles, wild turkey, bats, and white-tailed deer

Prescribed fire in Appalachian forests is negative for which species?

ovenbird and eastern box turtle

Return interval

how many years between fires

rotational grazing

grazed paddocks are rested for a period to allow regrowth

Harvest Management

Regulated take of wild game to reach management goals

Goal of ecological restoration

return a degraded ecosystem to its historic trajectory, not its historic condition

adaptive management

implementing management actions as experiments, monitoring their outcomes, and using that information to adjust strategies