What are the plants living in the desert called?

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#Question id: 12375

#Section 1: Ecology

When lichens grow on bare rock, they may eventually accumulate enough organic material around them to supply the foothold for later rooted vegetation. These early pioneering lichens can be said to do what to the later arrivals?

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#Question id: 9568

#Section 1: Ecology

Which of the following represents a plant adaptation that minimizes water loss in arid environments by increasing the thickness of the boundary layer?

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#Question id: 11410

#Section 5: Applied Ecology & Evolution

Biodiversity hot spots, those areas with the greatest number of endemic species. Which of the following criteria to qualify as a hot spot region?

A. It must contain at least 1,500 species of vascular plants as endemics

B. It must have lost at least 70% of its original habitat

C. It must contain at least 500 species of bird species

D- It must contain high numbers of species

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#Question id: 3386

#Section 2: Evolution

Which statement represents the best explanation for the observation that the nuclear DNA of wolves and domestic dogs has a very high degree of homology?

a) Dogs and wolves have very similar morphologies.

b) Convergent evolution has occurred.

c) Dogs and wolves not shared more recent common ancestor

d) Dogs and wolves shared a more recent common ancestor

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#Question id: 10721

#Section 1: Ecology

Which above spp having decrease order of abundance?