Review the formula for effective population size. Imagine a population of 1,000 small rodents. Of these, 300 are breeding females, 300 are breeding males, and 400 are nonbreeding  juveniles.  What is the effective  population size?

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#Section 2: Evolution

The lifetime dispersal area of a particular species of drosophila is 0.2 km2. What else would we need to know to determine the neighbourhood size for this species?

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#Section 2: Evolution

Macroecology addresses patterns of range size and population density. Which of the following statements is true?

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#Section 2: Evolution

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. Based on these population estimates, what is your estimate of λ, the annual rate of geometric growth?

#Question id: 11766

#Section 2: Evolution

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?

#Question id: 11767

#Section 2: Evolution

If a population has a stable age distribution, which of the following statements is true?

#Question id: 11768

#Section 2: Evolution

As documented by peter and rosemary grant, the population of the medium ground finch on the tiny island of Daphne major in the Galápagos archipelago responded how to changes in food resources associated with climate changes: