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#Question id: 3458

Which of the following examples reflects the concept of optimal foraging?

#Section 4: Behavioural Ecology

  1. During foraging, a mule deer will consume food as soon as it finds it, regardless of the location.

  2. A cheetah will continue a chase for prey, regardless of how long the chase lasts or how much energy is consumed.

  3. A moose spends more time looking for food when the food is high quality than when the food is low quality.

  4. If an animal is hungry it will consume food as soon as it is found, regardless of the food quality or the risk.

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#Question id: 3489

#Section 2: Evolution

 In a bird species A, the male alone builds the nest, incubates the eggs and feeds the nestling. In bird species B, it is the female that does all that. In bird species C, both sexes contribute equally to the above activities. In species A and B, the uninvolved partner may fly away and mate again. Which sex among A, B and C is most likely to develop colorful plumage during breeding season?
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#Question id: 16808

#Section 4: Behavioural Ecology

In which plants do stomata open at night?
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#Question id: 16786

#Section 3: Mathematics and Quantitative Ecology

What is the median of 7.1, 3.2, 5.8, 8.9, 6.5, 10.2, 9, 12.5 
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#Question id: 3329

#Section 2: Evolution

The following genotypes of one locus in population are given  - Genotype ( Number)

AA (120)  AB ( 30)  BB  (50) CC  (300)

AC  (400)  BC (100)

Which of the following is the correct frequency of C allele and A allele respectively?
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#Question id: 10631

#Section 2: Evolution

To estimate the number of foxes m an area, a researcher conducted a mark-recapture survey. In the fast survey, he caught and marked 90 foxes. In his second survey a week later, he caught 120 foxes of which 40 were marked (recaptures). If you are told that the actual number of foxes in this area is 400, which of the following is a plausible explanation for the anomaly in the researcher's data?