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#Question id: 16899

Which of the following is not a possible explanation for this finding?

#Section 3: Mathematics and Quantitative Ecology
  1. Something in tomato products causes lower risk of prostate cancer.
  2. There is a confounding variable that causes lower risk of prostate cancer, such as eating vegetables in general, that is also related to eating tomato products.
  3. A large number of food products were measured to test for a relationship, and tomato products happened to show a relationship just by chance.
  4. A large sample size was used, so even if there were no relationship, one would almost certainly be detected.
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#Question id: 10716

#Section 1: Ecology

The stability of a food web in a community is quantified using certain parameters which are defined below. Which of the following is an CORRECT representation?

A. Community with more complex is more stable

B. Community with more number of alternate is more stable

C. Stability of community is inversely proportional to Connectance 

D. Community with higher value of dominax index is more stable
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#Question id: 12111

#Section 1: Ecology

Which of the following is a tertiary consumer?
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#Question id: 3439

#Section 2: Evolution

Male insects attempt to mate with orchids but eventually stop responding to them. What term best applies to this behavior?
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#Question id: 12107

#Section 1: Ecology

As you study two closely related predatory insect species, the two-spot and the three-spot avenger beetles, you notice that each species seeks prey at dawn in areas without the other species. However, where their ranges overlap the two-spot avenger beetle hunts at night and the three-spot hunts in the morning. When you bring them into the laboratory, their offspring behave in the same manner. You have discovered an example of
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#Question id: 10625

#Section 1: Ecology

Find out density of three different fish population by mark recapture method? Following is a density of capture and recapture fish? 


Which of the decrease order of their relative abundance?