Parasite and predator have long been associated with their respective host and prey respectively. Which of the following is correct statement?

A. Body size of parasite is always smaller than host but predator usually larger than prey

b- Predator immediately kill their prey but parasite may or may not be kill their host

c- Intrinsic rate of parasite is faster than host but intrinsic rate of predator is slower than prey

d- Body association time between parasite and host is more than time association between predator and prey

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The basic model of metapopulation dynamics predicts a shifting mosaic of occupied and unoccupied sites under which of the following combinations of extinction (E) and colonization (C) rates? 

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When immigration from large, productive subpopulations keeps declining subpopulations from dwindling to extinction, the phenomenon is called the __________. 

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#Question id: 12153

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Which of the following is not a resource? 

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What is true of two resources that act synergistically to determine the population growth of a particular species? 

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Under which of the following conditions do the mathematical models for competition tell us that coexistence of two competing species is most likely? 

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#Question id: 12259

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Which of the following is an example of exploitation competition?