1. Relationships Of Wildlife Ecology, Wildife Conservation And Management, And Hunting

Question 1

Ecology

Answer 1

Study of interactions between organisms and abiotic factors of their environment

Key ecological concepts:
Demography, population, growth and regulation, competition within and among species, and predator-prey interactions.

The science behind the practice of wildlife management in order to manage wildlife populations for the benefit of humans

The ecological management of wildlife involves the manipulation of:
Food and nutrition, home range and habitat use, population grotesque and regulation, competition between species, predation, parasites and pathogens, behavioral ecology, climate change and wildlife.

Question 2

Management

Answer 2

The application of ecological knowledge to populations of animals and their plants and animal associates in a way that balances the needs of the population and those of the people.

Three basic components of habitat?
Cover, food, water

Management indicate that humans manipulate the environment
-Actively or passively
-directly or indirectly
Implies human dominance of nature
Management and conservation can be synonymous

Why is it important?
- Lack op appropriate management can lead to extinction or extripation
(Passenger pigeon - extinct)
(Lions in Europe - Extirpated)
(Bison - near extinct)

-Cause of extinction of animals:
*modification of habitat
*unsustainable harvesting by humans
*Pathogen, predator, and competitor move into the environment

Types of wildlife management:
-Manipulative (acts on population - direct harvest or changing food supply, environment, predator density, etc)
-Custodial (Preventative/protective - reduce external influences on population and its habitat. National parks - environmental conditions are safeguarded and threatened species are protected by law)

NB - 1) management problem is correctly identified, 2)goals specifically address the solution to the problem, 3)criteria for assessing the success of the management are clearly identified

Depending on population size and trend
-Protection = small and declining (make it increase)
-Harvesting = reasonable and stable (continuing yield)
-Control = big and increasing (make it decrease)
-Custodial = Keep an eye (nothing but observing status)

Question 3

Conservation

Answer 3

The practice of protecting the wild species and their habitats - maintain healthy wildlife species or populations and restore, protect, or enhance natural ecosystems

This practice tries to avoid the risk of extinction due to population numbers dropping significantly or due to permanent detrimental changes to the environment

conservation management includes the conservation, maintenance, demonstration and restoration of protected natural values and protect natural sites.

difference between protection and conservation:
-they can be synonymous, with small difference
-Protection = keeping eye on animal, hunting is not allowed
- Conservation - protection of natural resources or saving animals from extinction, but it can be hunted without the population does not decrease

Question 4

Hunting

Answer 4

Harvesting part of management

Can be for sport, recreation, meat provision

Plays NB role in maintaining populations and their habitats
Sustainable harvest is key to management models
NOT POACHING

Question 5

Relationship:

Answer 5

-Wildlife management is the practice
-Wildlife ecology is the science behind te practice
- Wildlife conservation is protection style management
-Hunting is a method of management