#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:
#Question id: 11769
#Section 2: Evolution
Which term refers to the outward expression of an individual’s unique genetic constitution in their structure and function?
#Question id: 11770
#Section 2: Evolution
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?
#Question id: 11771
#Section 2: Evolution
Reciprocal transplant experiments are designed to reveal whether differences between populations are due to: