#Question id: 11169
#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
The viceroy butterfly (limenitis archippus) resembles the queen butterfly (danaus gilippus), a species toxic to birds because of alkaloids it stores during larval development from the milkweeds it feeds upon. The viceroy butterfly is an example of what kind of defense against predation?
#Question id: 11170
#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
Which of the following examples is not a behavioural defense against predators?
#Question id: 11171
#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
Starlings often decorate their nests with sprigs of carrot leaves because
#Question id: 11172
#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
Consider the consequences of a harmless prey that evolves toward mimicry of a model that has an antipredator defense (Batesian mimicry). What happens to the effectiveness of this defense as more and more prey in the population are harmless mimics
#Question id: 11173
#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
Chemical signals between individuals of the same species are called
#Question id: 11174
#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
Why might a peahen choose to mate with a peacock with a long, gaudy tail?