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#Question id: 3490

Given below are some behaviors strategies.

A) Fixed action pattern, complex sequence of behavior, Once released and continuous to completion, even when there is change in surrounding environment

B)  natural selection select that territorial behavior that is benefit is greater than cost 

C) Imprinting, a form of learning in which a very young animal fixes its attention on the first object with which it has visual, auditory, or tactile experience

D) Donor benefits at a cost to the recipient, the behavior is altruistic; when the recipient benefits at a cost to the donor, the behavior is selfish.

Which one of the following correct combination of true and false?

#Section 4: Behavioural Ecology

  1. A: True B: False C: False D : True

  2. A: True B: True C: True D: False

  3. A: False B: True C: True D : False

  4. A: True B: True C: True D : True

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#Question id: 12103

#Section 1: Ecology

Which of the following is a good description of an ecological niche? 
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#Question id: 12104

#Section 1: Ecology

Two barnacles, Balanus and Chthamalus, can both survive on the lower rocks just above the low-tide line on the Scottish coast, but only Balanus actually does so, with Chthamalus adopting a higher zone. Which of the following best accounts for this niche separation?
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#Question id: 12105

#Section 1: Ecology

A species of fish is found to require a certain water temperature, a particular oxygen content of the water, a particular depth, a rocky substrate on the bottom, and a variety of nutrients in the form of microscopic plants and animals to thrive. These requirements describe its 
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#Question id: 12106

#Section 1: Ecology

Which of the following best describes resource partitioning?
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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: 12108

#Section 1: Ecology

Resource partitioning would be most likely to occur between