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#Question id: 11980


 A female cat in heat urinates more often and in many places. Male cats congregate near the urine deposits and fight with each other. Which of the following is a proximate cause of this behaviour of increased urination?

#Section 1: Ecology
  1. It announces to the males that she is in heat.
  2. Female cats that did this in the past attracted more males.
  3. It is a result of hormonal changes associated with her reproductive cycle. 
  4. The female cat learned the behavior from observing other cats.

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#Question id: 10639

#Section 2: Evolution

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?

 


A) Species 1 follow type I survival ship curve

 B) Species 2 follow type III survival ship curve

 C) Species 1 show parental care of offspring

 D) Species 2 showed large size of offspring than species 1

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#Question id: 10640

#Section 2: Evolution

Given below is a graphical representation of plant life histories based on Grime's model in which disturbance and competition are the important factors


Which of the following options correctly represents A, B and C, respectively in the figure above?


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#Question id: 10641

#Section 2: Evolution

The size of the population (N) is estimated as follows, what is parameter of M, S and R respectively? 



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#Question id: 10642

#Section 2: Evolution

Which curve best describes survivorship in a songbirds and marine crustacean that molts respectively?

 


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#Question id: 10643

#Section 2: Evolution

Population of ground squirrels has an annual per capita birth rate of 0.06 and an annual per capita death rate of 0.02) Estimate the number of individuals added to (or lost from) a population of 1,000 individuals in one year.

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#Question id: 10644

#Section 2: Evolution

There is a species with following feature Good colonizer, reach sexual maturity rapidly, Short-lived, low investment in care for the young

Which of the following above feature showing growth pattern and survival ship curve