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WMAN101-2
WMAN101 at WVU
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Environmental Studies
Undergraduate 3
09/28/2016

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Term
What is a population?
Definition
A group of organisms usually of the same species, occupying a place at a specific time.
Term
What is an exponential equation stating?
Definition
If deaths did not offset births, the result would be an infiniteley growing population
dN/dt=rN
dN=Change in number
dt=change in time
r=per head maximum growth
N=number of individuals in the population
Term
What is a logistic equation stating?
Definition
Most populations cannot have an unrestricted rate growth forever.

dN/dt=rN(K-N/K)

K=maximum number of individuals the population can sustain
Term
When is the maximum sustained yield in a logistic equation?
Definition
At half the carrying capacity
Term
What are Density-Dependent Factors?
Definition
A factor that causes moralities or reduced birth rates as a population becomes more dense
Term
what are density independent factors?
Definition
A factor that causes higher mortality or reduced birth rates independent of population density
Term
What are the two types of hunting mortality?
Definition
Additive or Compensatory
Term
What are harvest management goals?
Definition
Determine status of resource
Determine objectives and goals
Establish management strategies
Determine how closely the management strategies achieved goals
Term
How can you limit harvest?
Definition
Limit number of hunters
License restrictions
timing and duration of the harvest
Term
How do you measure the harvest?
Definition
Mandatory reportin
Check stations
Mail surveys
Phone surveys
Term
What is delayed implantation?
Definition
Egg is fertilized, but doesn't immediately implant.
Term
How many geese are there nationwide?
Definition
3.5 million
Term
How many migratory bird hunters are there?
Definition
2.3 million
Term
What much do migratory bird hunters spend?
Definition
1.3 billion
Term
How many black bear hunters are there?
Definition
360,000
Term
How much do bear hunters spend?
Definition
11.6 million anually
Term
What is the damage to livestock by coyotes?
Definition
6 million dollars
Term
How many deer are there?
Definition
15-26 million
Term
How much damage do deer do to crops?
Definition
$500 million
Term
How much damage do deer cause to vehicles?
Definition
$1-2 billion
Term
How many fatalities a year?
Definition
150
Term
How much do deer generate in revenue
Definition
28 billion nationally
Term
Why do suburban areas have high deer populations?
Definition
No hunting
Quality food sources
Term
What does deer abundance lead to ?
Definition
Vehicle collisions
Malnutrition
Excessive herbivory
Term
How do you reduce deer populations in urban areas?
Definition
Hunting
Sharpshooting
Trap/translocate
Trap/kill
Term
Why isn't hunting usable in urban areas?
Definition
Safety Concern
Social attitudes
Hunting/firearm discharge restrictions
Liability or PR concerns
Term
How much does a deer cost to remove in a controlled hunt?
Definition
$160-$600 per deer
Term
How much does it cost for a sharpshooter to remove deer?
Definition
$9-300$ per deer
Term
How much does trap and translocate cost to remove deer?
Definition
$400-$2900 per deer
Term
How much does trap and euthanasia cost?
Definition
$300 per deer
Term
What are non lethal management options in urban areas?
Definition
Habitat modification
Ban on deer feeding
Inedible landscape plants
Repellents
Supplemental feeding
Fencing
Hazing/frightening
Dogs
Term
Where did gunpowder originate?
Definition
China, around the year 1000
Term
Who was the monk that recorded gunpowders recipe?
Definition
Roger Bacon
Term
When where muskets made?
Definition
15th century
Term
What was the first trigger based gun?
Definition
arquibues
Term
What was the gun that replaced the matchlock?
Definition
Wheel lock
Term
What was the first gun?
Definition
Cannons
Term
What us a firearm?
Definition
a kinetic energy weapon that fires either single or multiple projectiles at high velocity by the gases produced by action of the rapid confined burning of a propellant.
Term
What is the action of a gun?
Definition
It loads, fires, and discharges the spent casing
Term
What is a gauge?
Definition
The number of lead balls with a diameter of the gun barrel that equals one pound.
Term
When was the bow made?
Definition
Around 40,000 BC
Term
When was the compound bow made?
Definition
1969
Term
How many people commit suicide with guns every year?
Definition
Over 20,000
Term
How many people commit suicide with guns every year?
Definition
Over 20,000
Term
What did Kurt Eichenwald say should be done with guns.
Definition
Ban accessories
Adopt rules
Outlaw public display of weapons
Allow conceal of weappons
Stop trying to ban scary addons
Forget attaks on the armor peircing bullets
Abandon efforts to outlaw assualt weapons
Term
What is the percent of shootings that take place in K-12
Definition
53% k-12
Term
How many denials are there per 100 gun purchase request?
Definition
1.25
Term
What can bar someone from owning a gun.
Definition
Being in prison for over a year
Being a fugitive from justice
Use of drugs
Mental illness
Illegal Alien
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