In an Asian rice paddy, carp eat decaying material from around the base of rice plants while a snail scrapes algae from the leaves, stems, and roots of the same plant. They can survive at the same time in the same rice paddy because they

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#Question id: 12102

#Section 1: Ecology

Use the following diagram of Joseph Connell's study of barnacle distribution in Scotland to answer the following two questions

Which of the following is the most logical conclusion about the distribution of the two species of barnacle, Chthamalus and Balanus?

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#Question id: 12103

#Section 1: Ecology

Which of the following is a good description of an ecological niche? 

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#Question id: 12104

#Section 1: Ecology

Two barnacles, Balanus and Chthamalus, can both survive on the lower rocks just above the low-tide line on the Scottish coast, but only Balanus actually does so, with Chthamalus adopting a higher zone. Which of the following best accounts for this niche separation?

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#Question id: 12105

#Section 1: Ecology

A species of fish is found to require a certain water temperature, a particular oxygen content of the water, a particular depth, a rocky substrate on the bottom, and a variety of nutrients in the form of microscopic plants and animals to thrive. These requirements describe its 

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#Question id: 12106

#Section 1: Ecology

Which of the following best describes resource partitioning?

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#Question id: 12107

#Section 1: Ecology

As you study two closely related predatory insect species, the two-spot and the three-spot avenger beetles, you notice that each species seeks prey at dawn in areas without the other species. However, where their ranges overlap the two-spot avenger beetle hunts at night and the three-spot hunts in the morning. When you bring them into the laboratory, their offspring behave in the same manner. You have discovered an example of