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#Question id: 12119


How  does inefficient transfer of energy among trophic  levels result in  the typically  high  endangerment status of many top predators?

#Section 4: Behavioural Ecology
  1. Top-level predators are destined to have small populations that are sparsely distributed. 
  2. Predators have relatively large population sizes.
  3. Predators are more disease-prone than animals at lower trophic levels.
  4. Predators have short life spans and short reproductive periods.
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#Question id: 9212

#Section 2: Evolution

Burning fossil fuels releases oxides of sulfur and nitrogen. These air pollutants can be responsible for ________.

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#Question id: 9213

#Section 2: Evolution

Suppose you attend a town meeting at which some experts tell the audience that they have performed a cost-benefit analysis of a proposed transit system that would probably reduce overall air pollution and fossil fuel consumption. The analysis, however, reveals that ticket prices will not cover the cost of operating the system when fuel, wages, and equipment are taken into account. As a biologist, you know that if ecosystem services had been included in the analysis, the experts might have arrived at a different answer. Why are ecosystem services rarely included in economic analyses?

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#Question id: 9214

#Section 2: Evolution

Researchers have been studying a rare population of 87 voles in an isolated area. Ten voles from a larger population were added to this isolated population. Besides having ten additional animals, what benefits are there to importing individuals?

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#Question id: 9216

#Section 2: Evolution

Which of the following criteria have to be met for a species to qualify as invasive?

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#Question id: 9217

#Section 2: Evolution

Which of the following conditions is the most likely indicator of a population in an extinction vortex?

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#Question id: 9218

#Section 2: Evolution

What strategy was used to rescue Illinois prairie chickens from a recent extinction vortex?