The pufferfish, a common marine fish, has extensive spines that extend outward when it swallows water, becoming several times its normal size. This is an example of what kind of defense against predation?

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#Question id: 10719

#Section 1: Ecology

Five Hypotheses Explain How Species Richness Affects Community Services, Following statement are given

A) Community services decline with decreased species richness in a stepwise fashion.

B) Species that play the same roles in a community can compensate for each other if some are lost under particular conditions

C) Species richness declines even slightly from its natural levels, community services are reduced immediately

D) Community services change as the number of species increases or decreases, but that the direction of change is not predictable.

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#Question id: 10720

#Section 1: Ecology

What is the Jaccard index between the two communities?

Species	Community A	Community B
1	5	8
2	3	6
3	0	4
4	11	2
5	2	0

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#Question id: 10721

#Section 1: Ecology

Which above spp having decrease order of abundance?

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#Question id: 10722

#Section 1: Ecology

Community 1 contains 100 individuals distributed among four species (A, B, C, and D). Community 2 contains 100 individuals distributed among three species (A, B, and C). Community 1: 5A, 5B, 85C, 5D Community 2: 30A, 40B, 30C Calculate the Shannon diversity (H) for each community.

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#Question id: 10723

#Section 1: Ecology

What does the graph tell you about the effect of a keystone species?

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#Question id: 10725

#Section 1: Ecology

While studying the diversity of 3 communities, 5 species and 50 individuals were recorded from each community. The number of individuals under each species was listed as mentioned in the following Table.  

Which of the following is decreasing order of evenness of community?