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#Question id: 9607


The common housefly belongs to all of the following taxa. Assuming you had access to textbooks or other scientific literature, knowing which of the following should provide you with the most specific information about the common housefly?

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms
  1. order Diptera
  2. family Muscidae
  3. genus Musca
  4. class Hexapoda
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#Question id: 10663

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Following is a hypothetical life table of species


Following some statement is given

A- This type of life table is characteristic of species that produce a large number of offspring

B- Its greatest mortality early in life, with relatively low rates of death for those surviving this bottleneck

C. It is characterized by high age-specific survival probability in early and middle life, followed by a rapid decline in survival in later life

D. This includes k selected species

Which of the following above statement is correct?

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#Question id: 10664

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

dN/dt = rN (K-N/K ) The logistic equation above is used to describe the rate of change of a population, N, with time, t, Where r is the intrinsic rate of increase and K is the carrying capacity. What is value of per capita growth rate when population size is 200 individuals? ( K= 400, r =.25)

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#Question id: 10665

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Complete the following hypothetical life table of a species. 


Initial population size is 1000. What will be population size in next generation?


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#Question id: 10666

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

In a experimental invertebrate population the birth rate is 1200 per 1000 and death rate is 300 per 1000 per generation. Initial population size is 10000. What is value of NET reproductive rate?

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#Question id: 10667

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which of the following is correct statement?

A) The average number of offspring that female producing during life time is called NET reproductive rate

B) The number of birth minus the number of death per generation time called called per capita growth rate

C) The average number of female offspring that female producing during life time is called NET reproductive rate

D) The average number of offspring that breeding male and female producing during life time is called NET reproductive rate

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#Question id: 10668

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Following table was shown life table where (S(x)= Live Individual , b(x) = Age specific fertility rate , g(x)= Death rate. What is NET reproductive rate?