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#Question id: 11053

The key difference between a territory and a home range is

#Section 1: Ecology
  1. A territory is larger than a home range
  2. A territory is always where the young are raised
  3. A home range is defended, while a territory is not
  4. A territory is defended, while a home range is not 
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#Question id: 12673

#Section 5: Applied Ecology & Evolution

Burning fossil fuels releases oxides of sulphur and nitrogen. Ultimately, these are probably responsible for
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#Question id: 10643

#Section 2: Evolution

Population of ground squirrels has an annual per capita birth rate of 0.06 and an annual per capita death rate of 0.02) Estimate the number of individuals added to (or lost from) a population of 1,000 individuals in one year.
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#Question id: 16879

#Section 3: Mathematics and Quantitative Ecology

Suppose a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of Americans who exercise regularly is 0.29 to 0.37. Which one of the following statements is FALSE?
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#Question id: 3309

#Section 2: Evolution

In a given population, 128 out of every 400 people has a carrier for recessive allele b that caused cancer in homozygous condition,  Assuming the population is in Hardy- Weinberg equilibrium, which of the following is the expected frequency of allele B and b in population respectively?
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#Question id: 11770

#Section 1: Ecology

Natural selection in an animal population results in narrowing of the range of phenotypic variation but no change in the average phenotype. What kind of selection is this population experiencing?