FM Wildlife & Biodiversity Management Flashcards
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Which forest structural feature is most critical for cavity-nesting wildlife species such as woodpeckers and owls?
Answer: Large-diameter standing dead trees (snags)
Large-diameter snags provide essential nesting and roosting cavities for dozens of wildlife species, making their retention a priority in forest management for biodiversity.
The 'edge effect' in wildlife habitat refers to:
Answer: Increased species diversity and activity along boundaries between different habitat types
The edge effect describes the often-elevated wildlife diversity and activity found along the transition zones between different habitats, though it can also favor generalist species over forest interior specialists.
What is the primary objective of maintaining 'coarse woody debris' (CWD) in managed forests?
Answer: Provide habitat, nutrient cycling, and moisture retention for a wide range of organisms
Coarse woody debris—fallen logs and large branches—is critical habitat for reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, fungi, and plants, while also contributing significantly to soil nutrient cycling.
A 'wildlife tree' in forest management is specifically defined as:
Answer: A designated live or dead tree retained in harvested areas for its wildlife habitat value
Wildlife trees are specifically designated trees—often large, old, or with existing cavities—that are protected from harvest to maintain structural complexity and habitat for cavity-dependent species.
Maintaining a 'diversity of stand ages' across a landscape primarily benefits wildlife by:
Answer: Providing the range of habitat conditions needed by different species at different life stages
Different wildlife species require different forest structural conditions—early successional shrubfields, mid-rotation forests, and old-growth all support distinct wildlife communities.
Which of the following management actions best benefits forest interior bird species?
Answer: Maintaining large blocks of unfragmented mature forest
Forest interior birds like neotropical migrants avoid forest edges and require large, intact blocks of mature forest away from disturbance, fragmentation, and nest predators associated with edges.