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#Question id: 8851


Why is territoriality an adaptive behavior for songbirds maintaining populations at or near their carrying capacity?

#Section 2: Evolution
  1. Songbirds expend a tremendous amount of energy defending territories so that they spend less time feeding their young and fledgling mortality increases.
  2. Only the fittest males defend territories and they attract the fittest females so the best genes are conveyed to the next generation.
  3. Songbird males defend territories commensurate with the size from which they can derive adequate resources for themselves, their mate, and their chicks.
  4. Many individuals are killed in the ritualistic conflicts that go along with territorial defense.

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#Question id: 10754

#Section 2: Evolution

Following is different type of interaction was shown in figure. (+: Benefit , - Harm , 0= Neither benefit nor harm) What is interaction between column A & B in each schematic?


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#Question id: 10755

#Section 2: Evolution

For two species A and B in competition, the carrying capacities, competition coefficients, per capita growth rate and population size are

KA = 1000          KB = 1200        α= .5    r A= .3    N1= 500         N2= 200          

According to the Lotka-Volterra model, what is growth rate of species A?

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#Question id: 10814

#Section 2: Evolution

A Population of N1 species is growing with N2 species with a growth rate (r1) of 0.15 in an environment with a carrying capacity K1 of 400, Density of N1 species 100, density of N2 species 50 competitive efficiency of N2 on N1 species 1.5. What is the approximate growth rate N1 species?

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#Question id: 10815

#Section 2: Evolution

The evolution of two interacting species in a community is referred to as ________________.

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#Question id: 10816

#Section 2: Evolution

When a harmless species takes advantage by resembling the aposematic coloration of other species that are toxic, it is called _____________________.

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#Question id: 10817

#Section 2: Evolution

Removal of a __________________ from a community affects community structure significantly.