The population density of a particular insect species was determined to be 15,000 adults per hectare in the summer of 1996, 21,000 adults per hectare in the summer of 1997, and 29,400 adults per hectare in the summer of 1998.

What would you expect the insect population to be in the summer of 2000, assuming no change in λ?

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#Question id: 9162

#Section 2: Evolution

If the direction of Earth's rotation reversed, the most predictable effect would be ________.

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#Question id: 10631

#Section 1: Ecology

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? 

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#Question id: 4621

#Section 2: Evolution

DNA sequences in many human genes are very similar to the sequences of corresponding genes in chimpanzees. The most likely explanation for this result is that

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#Question id: 9224

#Section 2: Evolution

Which of the following strategies would most rapidly increase the genetic diversity of a population in an extinction vortex?

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#Question id: 11986

#Section 1: Ecology

Which of the following statements is (are) true of fixed action patterns?