Keystone Species | Wolf Populations | Hunting | Wolf-Human Conflict | Reintroduction |
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Keystone Species
Gray wolves are:
-Keystone Species -Invasive Species -Foreign Species -Contributing Species |
Tracking collars
In the 1960s scientists began to study and monitor wolves using these.
-Observation overlooks -Tracking collars -Helicopters -Locals reporting pack sizes |
They kill ungulates and livestock
This is one of the major reasons that people hunt gray wolves.
-They attack people -It is enjoyable -They kill ungulates and livestock -They are profitable |
Overpopulation
A rise in the prevalence of wolf-human
conflict was brought about by this trend: -Population stabilization -Population extinction -Overpopulation -Underpopulation |
1995
This is the year that reintroduction officially occurred in the northwest region of the U.S.
-1975 -1985 -1995 -2005 |
Trophic Cascade
Term that describes widespread
secondary disruptions that influence the entire system from which a keystone species has been removed -Food Chain -Trophic Cascade -Biodiversity -Trophic Level |
Poisoning streams
This is NOT one of the ways that wolves were killed in Yellowstone.
-Poisoning streams -Poisoning carcasses -Hunting parties -Raiding Dens |
Attacks a person or live stock
This is one reason that you can
legally shoot a wolf. -Kills a deer -Runs away from you -It is asleep -Attacks a person or live stock |
125
This number is the annual amount of
wolf-related citizen complaints for states in the Midwest region: -15 -125 -375 -60 |
Western Minnesota
Of the 4 areas, this area was not
an area of reintroduction for gray wolves: -Northwestern Montana -Central Idaho -Western Minnesota -Yellowstone National Park |
White-tailed deer
When the gray wolf population is
declining which species increases in population? -Beavers -White wolves -White-tailed deer -All species populations stay the same |
0 wolf sightings
In 1927 there were this many wolf sightings.
-125 -4 -50 -0 |
66 wolves
The number of wolves that were reintroduced into Yellowstone park.
-18 wolves -66 wolves -5 wolves -1,000 wolves |
All of the above
This is a wolf-human conflict(s) that is
not often addressed in research due to its difficulty to quantify: -Animal stress and harassment -Damage to animal housing structures -Increased disease transmission -All of the above |
Capturing the wolves
This was not a main challenge
to reintroduction in the 1990s: -Capturing the wolves -Finding places to reintroduce the wolves -Concerns from farmers and ranchers about livestock attacks -Changing perspectives of the U.S. populations on wolves |
Beavers
When the gray wolf population is declining which species decreases in population?
-White-tailed deer -Beavers -Elk -They all increase |
Michigan
Recently there has been evidence
suggesting that wolf populations in this state will be restored in the coming years. -Vermont -Arizona -New Mexico -Michigan |
The federal government
The group that wiped out almost all
of the wolves in the Unites States in the middle of the 20th Century. -The federal government -Farmers/ranchers -Hunters -Unknown source |
Dogs
This particular household animal is
harmed more frequently due to wolf overpopulation: -Dogs -Cats -Fish -Snakes |
West Central Alberta, Canada
This is where the wolves that
were reintroduced in Yellowstone were from: -Michigan -Alberta -Arizona -Minnesota |
Midwest
What is a popular area in which gray wolf populations are hunted?
-Southern Florida -Midwest -California -New York |
They were thought to be a destructive species.
This is one of the reasons wolves were exterminated in Yellowstone.
- They were thought to be a destructive species -They were killing too many of the elk -The population was diseased -Wolf attacks were scaring the locals |
Non-essential wolf populations
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
gave the states rights to hunt this group of animals. -Non-essential wolf populations -All grey wolves -Grey wolves that killed deer or elk -Anything but wolves |
Increased hunting
This has been the historical solution
to wolf-human conflict in the Midwest region: -Breeding regulations -Increased hunting -Habitat destruction -Food-web restructuring |
All of the above
This is an event that opened the
door to the reintroduction movement: -Nixon’s ban on predator poisons on public lands in 1972 -The creation of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 -The placement of the gray wolf on the list -All of the above |