Wildlife: 4_Field Techniques Flashcards
(13 cards)
What are Autonomous Recording Units (ARUs)?
Sophisticated audio recording devices used to capture animal sounds, particularly birds and frogs.
What are Bird Nest Sweeps?
A method used to locate and monitor bird nests.
What are Camera Traps?
Remotely activated cameras, typically triggered by motion or infrared sensors, used to capture images of wildlife.
What is Conservation?
The protection, preservation, management, and restoration of natural environments and ecological communities.
What is a Dichotomous Key?
A tool used for identifying organisms, in which a series of choices between two alternatives leads the user to the correct identification.
What is Ecological Integrity (EI)?
The condition of an ecosystem in which the structure, function, and composition of the ecosystem are unimpaired by human-caused stresses.
What is Environmental DNA (eDNA)?
DNA collected from environmental samples such as soil, water, or snow, rather than directly from an organism.
What is Inventory in ecological terms?
The process of listing or determining the species of plants and animals that occur in a particular area.
What is Monitoring in ecology?
The process of checking on the status of ecosystems and species over time to track changes.
What is Scat?
Animal feces, used as a sign of animal presence.
What is a Spectrogram?
A visual representation of the spectrum of frequencies of a sound or other signal as they vary with time.
What is Wildtrax?
A platform designed to manage and analyze wildlife monitoring data, including images and audio recordings.
