Which statement below about mating behavior is correct?

A) Some aspects of courtship behavior may have evolved from agonistic interactions.

B) The degree to which evolution affects mating relationships depends on the degree of prenatal and postnatal input the parents are required to make.

C) The mating relationship in most mammals is monogamous, to ensure the reproductive success of the pair.

D) Polygamous relationships most often involve a single male and many females, but in some species this is reversed

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#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

Which of the following strategies would most rapidly increase the genetic diversity of a population in an extinction vortex?

#Question id: 9225

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

Use the following figure to answer the question

In looking at the species-area plot in the figure, what can be concluded?

#Question id: 9226

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

The main purpose of movement corridors is to ________.

#Question id: 9227

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

A land developer and several ecologists are discussing how a parcel of private land should be developed with housing while saving 20 hectares as natural habitat. The land developer suggests that the 20 hectares be divided into 20 separate 1-hectare areas, spread out across the area. The ecologists suggest that it would be better to have one intact parcel of 20 hectares on one side of the larger area. What is the significance of these different arrangements of the 20 hectares?

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#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

Use the following figure to answer the question

Looking at the figure showing the results of forest fragmentation, what can be said about edge effects?

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#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

Which of the following is a generally accurate statement about the current research regarding forest fragmentation?