What do restocking programs for wild animals involve? Pick the correct following statement number:   1. Releasing individuals into an existing population to increase the size of the population and the diversity of its gene pool   2. Releasing wild-collected individuals into a new site   3. Releasing captive-bred individuals into a new site   4. Releasing captive-bred or wild-collected individuals into an ecologically suitable site within their historical ranges where the species no longer occurs

The carrying capacity refers to the Group of answer choices:  maximum sustainable population size for the prevailing environment. maximum growth rate of a population in which resources are unlimited. minimum amount of resources needed to sustain a finite population with zero population growth. minimum number of individuals in a population required to assure reproductive success.

Two species of leaf-eating lizards (species A and B) have coexisted on an isolated island for more than 10,000 years. In 1964, a third species of leaf-eating lizard (species C) was accidentally introduced by humans visiting the island. The graph below shows the population sizes of the three species since that time: Variation in Population Density of Lizards Population Density 45 40 44 35 30 25 20 Species A Species B Species C 10 5 0 1964 + 1974 1984 1994 2004 Year Describe the effect that the introduction of species C had on the population densities of species A and B. Explain what could have caused the introduction of species C to have an effect on the population densities of species A and B. (4 points)

What species is targeted for conservation? What are their primary social behaviors (Group size, lifestyle, foraging habits and diet, hierarchies, territorial habits)? Where are they located and what are potential human influences on their habitats? What are the specific conservation strategies proposed in the report? How do they make use of new technologies (like GPS tracking, drone survey etc if applicable)? Do you think the strategies are appropriate given the particular social behaviors of that species? Do the strategies appropriately address the needs of this species as well as local community well-being and the political context?