After the drought of 1977, researchers hypothesized that on the Galápagos Island Daphne Major, medium ground finches with large, deep beaks survived better than those with smaller beaks because they could more easily crack and eat the tough Tribulus cistoides fruits. A tourist company sets up reliable feeding stations with a variety of bird seeds (different types and sizes) so that tourists can get a better look at the finches. Which of these events is now most likely to occur to finch beaks on this island?

#Question id: 10236

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Following figure represent fundamental and realized nich of species P and Q in gradient of temperature along sea shore. which of the following statement are correct? 

A) Fundamental niche of species P is greater than its realized nich

 B) Fundamental niche of species Q is greater than its realized nich

 C) Species Q is strong competitor than species P

 D) There is no effect on spaced occupied by Q in the presence or absence of species P

#Question id: 10237

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which of the following is the most logical conclusion about the distribution of the two species of barnacle, Chthamalus and Balanus?

#Question id: 10238

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The diagram below shows the frequency distribution of two closely related bird species based on their resource use in sympatric. Which one of the following phenomena most appropriately explains the change in frequency distributions of species 1 and 2 in the figure given above?

#Question id: 10239

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Two species of barnacle, balanus balanoides and Chthamalus stellatus, occur in the intertidal regions of Scotland. As following

 Which of the following statements is correct?

#Question id: 10240

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

A consequence of resource partitioning

#Question id: 10241

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

In an Asian rice paddy, carp eat decaying material from around the base of rice plants while a snail scrapes algae from the leaves, stems, and roots of the same plant. They can survive at the same time in the same rice paddy because they