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#Question id: 12573

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

#Section 5: Applied Ecology & Evolution
  1. The population is geographically divided into smaller populations.
  2. The species is found only in small pockets of its former range
  3. The effective population size of the species falls below 500.
  4. Genetic measurements indicate a continuing loss of genetic variation.
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#Question id: 11245

#Section 4: Behavioural Ecology

Monogamy is most prevalent among ______ and is rare among ________.
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#Question id: 11774

#Section 1: Ecology

If environmental variation is common, individuals with certain life history strategies have higher fitness. An example is: __________.
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#Question id: 3304

#Section 2: Evolution

Which of the following evolutionary processes played an important role in the establishment of resource consumer interaction?
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#Question id: 8852

#Section 2: Evolution

The upper forelimbs of humans and bats have fairly similar skeletal structures, whereas the corresponding bones in whales have very different shapes and proportions. However, genetic data suggest that all three kinds of organisms diverged from a common ancestor at about the same time. Which of the following is the most likely explanation for these data?
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#Question id: 8926

#Section 2: Evolution

Sponges and cnidarians are among the fossilized animals found in both the Ediacara Hills and the Burgess Shale from the Rocky Mountains of British Colombia. This observation requires that