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#Question id: 10840

Why are monarch butterfly’s toxic?

#Section 1: Ecology
  1. They incorporate the toxic chemicals from the milkweed they eat
  2. They produce their own secondary compounds
  3. They break down the toxic chemicals from the milkweed they eat
  4. Monarch butterflies are not toxic; they only look that way
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#Question id: 11262

#Section 1: Ecology

When a social organization consists of cooperative individuals, selection will always favor individuals that increase their personal reproductive success by __________.
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#Question id: 12579

#Section 5: Applied Ecology & Evolution

Which of the following probably contains the highest concentration of toxic pollutants (biological magnification)? 
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#Question id: 10755

#Section 2: Evolution

For two species A and B in competition, the carrying capacities, competition coefficients, per capita growth rate and population size are

KA = 1000          KB = 1200        α= .5    r A= .3    N1= 500         N2= 200          

According to the Lotka-Volterra model, what is growth rate of species A?
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#Question id: 12346

#Section 1: Ecology

The schematic below shows the relationship between survivorship with age (relative to maximum lifespan) in Species 1 (dashed line) and Species 2 (solid line). Which of the following inferences is compatible with this figure?
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#Question id: 3463

#Section 2: Evolution

Which one of the following statements is INCORRECT?