How is your population estimate affected if the critter you are capturing (and re-capturing) is trap shy? Why?
What are the two main information challenges that all popula…
What are the two main information challenges that all population estimation technique calculations attempt to address? Please choose two answers.
What do you learn about creators in exile, like Neshat and S…
What do you learn about creators in exile, like Neshat and Satrapi? Using at least ONE reference to EACH, write a paragrpah that explains your understanding. You may refer to the reasons Satrapi gives, or the way she portrays something in her book.
Arrange the stages of forest development in order from first…
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).
In a population of bog lemmings, the losses to death and emi…
In a population of bog lemmings, the losses to death and emigration are the same as the gains from birth and immigration. In this population, the rate of growth (r) is:
Define 1) relative population density and 2) absolute popula…
Define 1) relative population density and 2) absolute population density and and distinguish between them (i.e., your definitions should make it clear you understand the difference).
When conducting a line, belt, or strip transect, occasionall…
When conducting a line, belt, or strip transect, occasionally an animal, plant, pile of scat, muskrat house, etc. will be found to be on the line delimiting the edge of the transect. Identify the correct inclusion rule(s) that objectively determine which animals to count. (select all that are correct)
Wildlife statistics: 1) what is a P-value (or probability va…
Wildlife statistics: 1) what is a P-value (or probability value), and 2) how is it generally interpreted (i.e., what is the difference in interpretation among P-values of 0.80, 0.08, and 0.008)?
Reread this short extract from Satrapi’s Introduction:
Reread this short extract from Satrapi’s Introduction:
A ____________ processes ‘acts on a population as a function…
A ____________ processes ‘acts on a population as a function of density.’