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#Question id: 12535


If you were tracking a nutrient molecule through an ecosystem, which of the following statements would you expect to verify?

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
  1. Molecules move through all ecosystems at the same constant rate, as the laws of physics would predict.
  2. Because of the liquid  nature of the aquatic ecosystem, nutrient molecules move through it  more rapidly than forest ecosystems.
  3. Vertical mixing is essential for high productivity in aquatic ecosystems.
  4. Most nutrient molecules leave an ecosystem, but are later replaced from another ecosystem.
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#Question id: 10716

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The stability of a food web in a community is quantified using certain parameters which are defined below. Which of the following is an CORRECT representation?

A. Community with more complex is more stable

B. Community with more number of alternate is more stable

C. Stability of community is inversely proportional to Connectance 

D. Community with higher value of dominax index is more stable

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#Question id: 10717

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Following represents four different regions, each with four different sites on different-sized mountains. Which of the following statement is correct? 


a) In region ‘a’ gamma diversity (γ) is one, and alpha diversity (α) diversity is also 1

b) In region ‘b’ gamma diversity (γ) is 4, and alpha diversity (α) diversity is 1

c) In region ‘c’ gamma diversity (γ) is six, and beta diversity (β) diversity is 2

d) The gamma diversity (γ) are same in region ‘c’ and‘d’.

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#Question id: 10718

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

A researcher collects data on plant species composition in two habitats (P and Q) by using 10 quadrats each in both habitats. She calculates the average a-diversity and the 13-diversity of each habitat from this data (shown below). Which of the following can be inferred about these habitats? 

A) Q has greater total diversity (γ) and more heterogeneous than P

B) Q has lower total diversity (γ) and less heterogeneous than P

C) P has lower total diversity (γ) and more heterogeneous than Q

D) P has greater total diversity (γ) and more heterogeneous than Q

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#Question id: 10719

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Five Hypotheses Explain How Species Richness Affects Community Services, Following statement are given
A) Community services decline with decreased species richness in a stepwise fashion.
B) Species that play the same roles in a community can compensate for each other if some are lost under particular conditions
C) Species richness declines even slightly from its natural levels, community services are reduced immediately
D) Community services change as the number of species increases or decreases, but that the direction of change is not predictable.

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#Question id: 10720

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

What is the Jaccard index between the two communities?


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#Question id: 10721

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which above spp having decrease order of abundance?