Wildlife Techniques Exam 2

  1. True or false, net gunning is an inappropriate technique for capturing pronghorn antelope because pronghorn antelope are prone to capture myopathy
    True
  2. True or false, an effective method of marking diving ducks such as canvasbacks and redheads is nasal tagging
    False, nasal tags could catch on things and cause them to drown.
  3. True or false, Telazol in an appropriate immobilization drug for raccoons, opossums, and skunks
    True, it's good for pretty much anything according to the book, even reptiles
  4. True or false,  turkey vultures should be marked by leg bands
    False (probably patagial?)
  5. True or false, the Hahn strip census method relies on a defined width for conducting surveys of wildlife populations
    False, the belt transect method does.
  6. True or false, an antagonist reverses the effects of drugs used to immobilize wildlife species
    True
  7. True or false, an effective method for marking opossums is toe clipping
    False, they are arboreal and rely on their digits
  8. True or false, animals that are higly stressed should not be immobilized with Rompum because "explosive" recoveries are a potential side effect of this drug
    True
  9. True or false, to enhance capture success, small mammal trapping should take place during full moon nights
    False, small mammals are less active on full moon nights because they are more visible to predators
  10. True or false, feather clipping in an appropriate technique for marking songbirds such as American Robin and Blue Jays
    False
  11. True or false, an aerial count of muskrat houses is an example of an index
    True
  12. True or false, deterministic models contain parameter values that randomly vary, which stochastic models contain parameter values that are fixed
    False, stochastic = random, deterministic = fixed
  13. True or false, a mourning dove that has buffy-tipped primary coverts is an immature bird
    True
  14. True or false, when using the Schnabel population estimation method, you do not need to uniquely mark individuals because you only need to distinguish between marked and unmarked individuals
    True
  15. True or false, researchers banding wild turkeys in Oklahoma must have a federal bird banding permit and a collecting permit from the ODWC
    False
  16. True or false, a bal-chatri trap can be used to capture ring-necked pheasants
    False, used on raptors
  17. True or false, during the fall, a wildlife biologist that is capturing birds using mist-netting can age them (i.e. distinguish between young of the year and adult birds) by using the skulling technique
    True, adults will be fully pneumatized (or close to fully) while Hatch-year birds will have openings still
  18. True or false, the therapeutic index of immobilization drugs should be high to allow for errors in estimating body weights and physiological differences among individual animals
    True
  19. True or false, harvested muskrats can be aged by examining the molt pattern on the inside of the pelt
    True
  20. True or false, a while-tailed deer jaw with a tricuspid fourth premolar and 3 molars fully erupted with little or no dentine showing is a 2.5 year-old deer
    False, it would be 1.5
  21. True or false, ring-necked pheasants can be aged by examining the wear and shape of the 9th and 10th primaries
    False, this method can be used for all other gallinacious birds in OK but not pheasants
  22. True or false, according to the Gee et al. (2002) paper, it is appropriate for wildlife biologists to use the tooth wear and replacement techniques for aging older age classes (>2.5 years old) of white-tailed deer
    False
  23. True or false, Bobwhite have a large discrepancy (>10 degrees C) between their average body temperature and lethal body temperature, thus thermal considerations are of little management interest for this species
    False
  24. True or false, sand shinnery oak is a fire intolerant species that cannot resprout following a fire
    False
  25. The distribution of sand shinnery oak is highly dependent on soil type
    True
  26. Lincoln-Peterson Model
    • Assumes closed population, equal probability of individuals being captured, and that marks are not lost/gained/overlooked.
    • Population estimate
  27. Schabel Estimation Method
    • Closed population, equal probability of capture, marks not lost/gained.
    • Population estimate.  Allows marking and recapturing over several occasions, not always separated by equal time intervals
  28. Cormack's Test
    Tests for trap happy/trap shy
  29. Jolly-Seber
    • Open population, equal catchability, equal survival, marks not lost/gained, instantaneous sampling (release made immediately after sampling)
    • Population estimate, survival rates (short term)
  30. ___ is an example of a permanent mark



    A.
  31. ____ can be used to determine the density of benthic macroinverts



    D.
  32. _____ approves which drugs may be used on wildlife species



    B.
  33. ___ is an example of a temporary marker



    A.
  34. An ideal drug for immobilizing large mammals should...
    have a high therapeutic index, be avaiable in high concentrations, and have a short induction time
  35. Which of these is not true about the North America BBS?
    a. It may be biased toward ssp that prefer edge habitat
    b. All ssp have equal detection probabilities 
    c. Productivity cannot be determined from the survey
    d. it is an index
    B
  36. ___ can be used to to measure population density.
    a. Mourning dove call-count survey
    b. Data from the Harvest Information Program
    c. Scent post survey
    d. Spot-mapping method
    D
  37. If some animals become trap happy, the Lincoln-Petersen estimate will be...
    too low
  38. Which of these techniques cannot be used for aging waterfowl?
    a. Measure depth of bursa of fabricus
    b. Examine tail feathers for notches or attached down plumes
    c. Examine the shape of the wing coverts
    d. Examine the molt sequence of the primaries and measure their length.
    D
  39. Rabbits can be aged by...
    a. counting cementum annuli
    b. weighing dried eye lens
    c. measuring baculum
    d. examining the molt pattern on the inside of the pelt
    • (A is for bears, C is for species ID, D is for muskrats)
  40. A(n)____provides an index of invertebrate abundances.
    a. core sampler
    b. artificial substrate
    c. water column sampler
    d. pitfall trap
    D (a, b, and c have specific volume and therefore produce densities)
  41. The appropriate concentration of ethyl alcohol for preserving aquatic invertebrates is___
    95%
  42. The best trap placement method for determining home ranges of small mammals is the _____ method
    grid
  43. The best trap placement method for conducting basic surveys of small mammals is the ______ method
    transect
  44. Before conducting a study that requires marking and handling animals, researchers affiliated with universities must have approval from ____
    IACUC
  45. When using Telazol for immobilization, researchers much take precautions such as __________ to protect the immobilized animal.
    applying bland ointment to eyes and covering eyes
  46. When darting an animal with a rifle, you should always aim for the _____ or ______ and avoid the _____, ______, and _____
    • rump or shoulder
    • the head, spine, and fatty areas
  47. To calculate drug dosages, researchers must know 3 variables:
    • 1) Recommended dosage
    • 2) Animal's weight
    • 3) Concentration of drug being used
  48. Two problems with using scent posts are:
    • 1) Certain individuals may frequent the scent posts disproportionately 
    • 2) The scent may actually act as a repellent
  49. To age black bears, researches must remove the ____ which will be cross-sectioned so that they can count the ____
    first premolar, cementum annuli
  50. Two problems with using pitfall traps to collect terrestrial invertebrates:
    • 1) They capture primarily active taxa (like Coleoptera)
    • 2) The larger inverts might consume the smaller ones in the trap
  51. List two ways that researchers who are mist-netting can increase their capture success:
    • 1) Bait the area
    • 2) Play song/call recordings
  52. Monotypic birds (e.g. song sparrows, house wrens, etc.) cannot be sexed during the non-breeding season, but during the breeding season they can be sexed by the occurrence of ___ and ____
    brood patches, cloacal protuberances
  53. What sorts of techniques would be used to survey state-wide?
    • -Roadside counts
    • -harvest data if game species
    • -crow/call counts for some species
    • -etc.
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Wildlife Techniques Exam 2
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Okstate wildlife management techniques exam 2 material
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