One summer the moose population on Island was unusually high, and park naturalists noticed signs of malnutrition among the  adults.  The wolf population  was  fairly  low,  near  20.  That  winter,  for  the  first  time  in  many  years,  a substantial  number of seemingly healthy adult moose as well as calves and crippled animals were killed and eaten by wolves. This description is part of a general situation in which the wolf and moose populations

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which of the following is correct statement?

A) Body size of parasitoid is always greater than host but parasite usually smaller than host

B) Predator immediately kill their prey however parasitoid never kill their host

C) Intrinsic rate of parasite is faster than host but intrinsic rate of predator is slower than prey

D) Body association time between parasite and host is more than time association between predator and prey

#Question id: 10690

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which of following interaction shown in following species of Paramecium?

#Question id: 10691

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Following some attributes of biological control agent of parasite

A) General adaptability to the environment.

B) High searching capacity for hosts.

C) K selected strategy

D) Low dispersal ability.

E) Minimal time lag effects in responding to changes in host numbers.

Following above attribute is not ideal for that biological agent?

#Question id: 10692

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

#Question id: 10693

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The diagram represents competition between species 1 and species 2 according to Lotka-Volterra model of competition

Given the conditions in the diagram, the predicted outcome of competition is

#Question id: 10694

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which of the following is characteristic of parasitoid/ predators?

a) consumer usually larger than resource

b) Consumer requires one host for complete development.

c) Habitat independent

d) Consumer takes long time to kill host

e) Consumer never kills their host

f) Host is free living

Which of the following is feature of parasitoid?