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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: 12099

#Section 1: Ecology

According to the competitive exclusion principle, two species cannot continue to occupy the same
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#Question id: 12100

#Section 1: Ecology

Prairie dogs once covered the expanses of the Great Plains. Their grazing made the grass more nutritious for the huge herds of bison, and a variety of snakes, raptors, and mammals   preyed on the rodents. In fact, the black- footed ferret (now endangered) specialized in prairie dog predation. Today, growing housing and agricultural developments have covered many prairie dog towns. Which of the following statements about prairie dogs is true?
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#Question id: 12101

#Section 1: Ecology

The sum total of an organism's interaction with the biotic and abiotic resources of its environment is called its
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#Question id: 12102

#Section 1: Ecology

Use the following diagram of Joseph Connell's study of barnacle distribution in Scotland to answer the following two questions


Which of the following is the most logical conclusion about the distribution of the two species of barnacle, Chthamalus and Balanus?
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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?