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The reading assignments for this class are referenced at the beginning of nearly every lecture.  Who is the first author of your textbook?    (and NOT the author of the Techniques Manual)

“Endangered” and “threatened” species are afforded the same legal protection under the Endangered Species Act.  (i.e., the same legal protection is afforded to an animal that is endangered as is afforded to a threatened species.)

Grassland agricultural fields (e.g., field of alfalfa) often look great to grassland nesting birds early in the spring because they mimic or are structurally similar to native grasslands.  However, they become much less desirable as agronomic practices (disturbance, haying, etc.) are initiated. From an ecological perspective, these areas represent:

A hard release of a translocated animal allows it to adjust to the surrounding environment before it is released into the wild. 

How is your population estimate affected if the critter you are capturing (and re-capturing) is trap shy?  Why?

Jim and Jon were walking through a [c]-acre wood lot in central Minnesota. Their goal was to find the number of male deer in the population. The day went on and they had an overall count of [a] females and [b] males. They knew they only counted 10% of the total number of deer on the plot. What is the density of male deer on the plot?  Enter only a number rounded to two decimal places, with no units.

Match the habitat or diet use term with the definition or characteristic.

Arrange the stages of forest development in order from first to last following a catastrophic, forest-clearing event (such as a windstorm or clear cut).

This billboard is intended to evoke an emotional response in support of protecting deer (presumably so they can be hunted in the fall given it is paid for my the Deer Hunters Association), and not supportive of current wolf population abundance.  Other billboards suggest a wolf hunting season is the solution to protecting deer fawns from ravenous wolves.   Assume that this number is correct and that harvesting wolves will change the mortality on deer fawns attributable to wolves. What is the key piece of information that you need to understand to determine if harvesting wolves will result more deer the following fall for the deer hunters or if this strategy is not supported by science.  (your answer can be as short as a half-dozen words but feel free to write more as needed)

QDM strategies are effective because deer are regulated by density-dependent processes.