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#Question id: 9253

A certain species of pine tree survives only in scattered locations at elevations above 2,800 meters in the western United States. To understand why
this tree grows only in these specific places, an ecologist should ________.

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms
  1. study the anatomy and physiology of this species
  2. investigate the various biotic and abiotic factors that are unique to high altitude
  3. analyze the soils found in the vicinity of these trees, looking for unique chemicals that may support their growth
  4. collect data on temperature, wind, and precipitation at several of these locations for a year
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#Question id: 12342

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which of the following is a biological attribute that would most likely allow a species to become cosmopolitan in distribution?
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#Question id: 12343

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Hybrids between some related species of plants are sterile because the parent plants had different chromosome numbers. Occasionally the chromosome number of such a hybrid  plant doubles spontaneously. Which of the following best describes the descendants of those plants with the double chromosome number?
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#Question id: 12344

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The concept of punctuated equilibrium refers to
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#Question id: 12345

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Shannon's index of diversity is calculated using the equation below, where pi is the proportion of the ithShannon's index of diversity is calculated using the equation below, where pi is the proportion of the ith species and ln is natural logarithm. For a community with a given number of species, which of the following statements is true? species and ln is natural logarithm. For a community with a given number of species, which of the following statements is true?
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#Question id: 12346

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The schematic below shows the relationship between survivorship with age (relative to maximum lifespan) in Species 1 (dashed line) and Species 2 (solid line). Which of the following inferences is compatible with this figure?
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#Question id: 12347

#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)