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#Question id: 9195

Philippe Bouchet and colleagues conducted a massive survey of marine molluscs on the west coast of New Caledonia. For 20% of the total species that were located and identified, only a single specimen was found. What does that suggest about the diversity of molluscs in this area?

#Section 2: Evolution
  1. The west coast of New Caledonia is not an appropriate habitat for molluscs.
  2. Many of the species from this 20% are probably rare.
  3. They were not sampling uniformly throughout the area.
  4. Many of the species from this 20% are most likely just dispersing through the are
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#Question id: 11716

#Section 2: Evolution

Macroecology addresses patterns of range size and population density. Which of the following statements is true?
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#Question id: 16878

#Section 3: Mathematics and Quantitative Ecology

In a past General Social Survey, a random sample of men and women answered the question “Are you a member of any sports clubs?” Based on the sample data, 95% confidence intervals for the population proportion who would answer “yes” are .13 to .19 for women and .247 to .33 for men. Based on these results, you can reasonably conclude that
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#Question id: 9197

#Section 2: Evolution

What is the biological significance of genetic diversity between populations?
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#Question id: 3339

#Section 2: Evolution

In a plant species, flower color locus either homozygous or heterozygous with genotype RR-red, Rr- pink and rr- white. The Proportional of pink flower in generation 0 is .50.  What is the level of remaining pink flower in a third generation of repeated selfing? 
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#Question id: 11053

#Section 1: Ecology

The key difference between a territory and a home range is