The proximate causes of behavior are interactions with the environment, but behavior is ultimately shaped by

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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: 10594

#Section 2: Evolution

Which of the following is not characteristic of ruderal species?

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#Question id: 16817

#Section 4: Behavioural Ecology

Name the term which is given to the plants that grow at right angles to the direction of gravity.

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#Question id: 11509

#Section 1: Ecology

What is value of net reproductive rate?

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#Question id: 11502

#Section 2: Evolution

Which of these statements is false and therefore does not support the hypothesis that certain eukaryotic organelles originated as bacterial endosymbionts? Such organelles