Which of the following is correct statement?

A) The average number of offspring that female producing during life time is called NET reproductive rate

B) The number of birth minus the number of death per generation time called called per capita growth rate

C) The average number of female offspring that female producing during life time is called NET reproductive rate

D) The average number of offspring that breeding male and female producing during life time is called NET reproductive rate

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#Section 1: Ecology

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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#Section 5: Applied Ecology & Evolution

The human impact that scientists determined has caused the most extinctions on record is ________, and beyond further losses from this impact, the other impact with the largest potential to cause future extinctions is ________.

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#Section 1: Ecology

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#Section 2: Evolution

Over evolutionary time, many cave-dwelling organisms have lost their eyes. Tapeworms have lost their digestive systems. Whales have lost their hind limbs. How can natural selection account for these losses?

#Question id: 10655

#Section 1: Ecology

Which of the following statements about the evolution of life histories is correct?

A) Unstable environments with unlimited resources favor r-selected populations.

B) K-selected populations are most often found in environments where density-independent factors are important regulators of population size.

C) Most populations have both r- and K-selected characteristics that vary under different environmental conditions.

D) The reproductive efforts of r-selected populations are directed at producing just a few offspring with good competitive abilities.