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#Question id: 10674

In Lotka-Volterra competition models, if K2/β > K1 and K1/α > K2, then:

#Section 2: Evolution
  1. N1 is eliminated 
  2. N2 is eliminated
  3. Either species may be eliminated depending on starting conditions
  4. Both species coexist
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#Question id: 12321

#Section 1: Ecology

Based on the intermediate disturbance hypothesis, a community's species diversity is
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#Question id: 11511

#Section 2: Evolution

A metapopulation is
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#Question id: 11182

#Section 4: Behavioural Ecology

In general
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#Question id: 10845

#Section 1: Ecology

Pseudomyrmex ants live exclusively in the swollen thorns of acacia trees. In return for food and shelter provided by the trees, the ants aggressively defend the tree from leaf-eating insects. This interaction between ants and acacias represents an example of
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#Question id: 16892

#Section 3: Mathematics and Quantitative Ecology

A test to screen for a serious but curable disease is similar to hypothesis testing, with a null hypothesis of no disease, and an alternative hypothesis of disease. If the null hypothesis is rejected treatment will be given. Otherwise, it will not. Assuming the treatment does not have serious side effects, in this scenario it is better to increase the probability of: