Based on the intermediate disturbance hypothesis, a community’s species diversity is increased by

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

A team of conservation biologists, surveying a population of frogs on an island, captured and marked 312 individuals in the first sample. In a second sampling, 3 days later, the team caught 140 individuals of which 26 were previously marked. The total number of frogs on the island is estimated to be . (Use decimal notation, not fractions or percentage)

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The following equation represents a hypothetical relationship between fitness (w) and shoot: root ratio (r) in individuals of a plant species: w = 10r-10r2. At what value of shoot: root ratio (r), do these plants achieve maximum fitness? (Use decimal notation, not fractions or percentage)

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Males in a population differ in the time they spend displaying to females. A researcher hypothesizes that predators are responsible for these differences. Males display for longer durations when there are no predators in the vicinity and for shorter durations when there is a predator nearby. Which of the following study designs is the most appropriate test of this hypothesis?

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#Question id: 3296

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Some beetles and flies have antler-like structures on their heads, much like male deer. The existence of antlers in beetle, fly, and deer species with strong male-male competition is an example of

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#Question id: 26820

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Following are the main types of defense employed by prey species against predators Types of defense: Chemical with aposematic coloration

A.Cryptic coloration

B.Batesian mimicry

C.Intimidation display

D.Prey Species: Grasshoppers and seahorses

1.Hoverflies and wasps

2.Bombardier beetles, ladybird beetles, many butterflies

3.Frilled lizard, Porcupine fish

Which one of the following combinations is correct? 

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#Question id: 26821

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

We can represent the relationship of species richness to area with the equation

Where S = number of species, and c and z are both constants

Which of the following is not a logical explanation to relationship of species richness to area?