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#Question id: 10607


Which of the following statement is incorrect?

#Section 1: Ecology
  1. Populations of species with larger body sizes and longer life spans tend to respond more rapidly to changes in their environments
  2. the most common dispersion pattern is clumped because resources tend to be clustered in nature
  3. Age-specific fertility and survivorship data help determine the net reproductive rate
  4. Some semelparous organisms may live for many years before reproducing
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#Question id: 10668

#Section 2: Evolution

Following table was shown life table where (S(x)= Live Individual , b(x) = Age specific fertility rate , g(x)= Death rate. What is NET reproductive rate?


               

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#Question id: 10669

#Section 2: Evolution

The three graphs (A, B, C) show population growth (N) patterns in relation to N or time (t)


Which of the following above graph showing exponential growth?


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#Question id: 10670

#Section 2: Evolution

To estimate the number of foxes in an area, a researcher conducted a mark-recapture survey. In the first survey, he caught and marked N number of foxes. In his second survey a week later, he caught 120 foxes of which 90 were unmarked (recaptures). If you are told that the actual number of foxes in this area is 400, what is value of N in this area?

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#Question id: 11510

#Section 2: Evolution

Life history trait varies environmental condition, both survivorship and fecundity is habitat dependent in practice but intrinsic rate of increase can change as environmental change. Following life history trait is characteristic of r-selected species?

A) Later age at first reproduction                    B) Long generation time

C) Multiple broods per life spans                    D) Large number of offspring per brood

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#Question id: 11511

#Section 2: Evolution

A metapopulation is

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#Question id: 11512

#Section 2: Evolution

The mortality rate of organisms following a type iii survivorship curve is