This behavior, in which individual members of a species maintain exclusive use of an area that contains some limiting resource, such as foraging ground, food, or potential mates, is called

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#Section 1: Ecology

When females are equally successful in raising young on monogamous and polygynous male territories, the population is said to have reached the: 

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#Question id: 4602

#Section 2: Evolution

If the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus experiences a cost for maintaining one or more antibiotic-resistance genes, what would happen in environments that lack antibiotics?

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#Question id: 8847

#Section 2: Evolution

A compound contains hydroxyl groups as its predominant functional group. Which of the following statements is true concerning this compound?

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#Question id: 12419

#Section 1: Ecology

If the number of females in a population is remaining constant through time, r0 will

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#Section 1: Ecology

dN/dt = rN (K-N/K )

The logistic equation above is used to describe therate of change of a population, N, with time, t, Where r is the intrinsic rate of increase and K is the carrying capacity. Which of the following value of N showing maximum growth rate?

  ( K= 420, r =.05)