Animal Damage Control - Forested Lands

Question 1

(True or False)
Surveys show that animal damages rank highest in economic impact over fires, competing vegetation, and other causes of loss, as an impediment to reforestation.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

(True or False)

Animal damage happens only to the young trees. The older trees are mature and hardened so are not susceptible.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

CADS stands for:
A. Comprehensive Animal Destruction System
B. Capture and Apprehend Device Security
C. Critical Animal Disruption System
D. Cooperative Animal Damage Survey
E. Caliber, Amount, Distribution, and Significance

Answer 3

D

Question 4

(True or False)

A single deer mouse can consume more than 200 Douglas Fir seeds in a single night.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Injury by rodents and hares feeding, and generally identified by the smooth oblique cut on woody shoots is known as:
A. Clipping
B. Browsing
C. Budding
D. Barking

Answer 5

A

Question 6

Injury to the foliage, buds, and terminal and lateral shoots of seedlings and saplings by deer, elk, and domestic livestock, generally distinguished by rough cuts on stems is referred to as:
A. Barking
B. Clipping
C. Browsing
D. Budding

Answer 6

C

Question 7

Removal of buds and needles by grouse generally is classified as:
A. Browsing
B. Budding
C. Barking
D. Clipping

Answer 7

B

Question 8

gnawing or stripping of saplings, seedlings, and older trees, by wood rats, bears, squirrels, pocket gophers, and porcupines is referred to as:
A. Barking
B. Browsing
C. Budding
D. Clipping

Answer 8

A