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TLS Online TPP Program

#Question id: 9224

Which of the following strategies would most rapidly increase the genetic diversity of a population in an extinction vortex?

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

  1. Capture all remaining individuals in the population for captive breeding followed by reintroduction to the wild.

  2. Establish a reserve that protects the population's habitat.
  3. Introduce new individuals transported from other populations of the same species.
  4. Sterilize the least fit individuals in the population
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TLS Online TPP Program

#Question id: 11413

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which of the following is NOT an attribute of a species that makes it vulnerable to extinction?
TLS Online TPP Program

#Question id: 11414

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which of the following combination of species feature that affecting a species’ sensitivity to extinction?
TLS Online TPP Program

#Question id: 11415

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Below is a list of various bird groups, with their typical age at maturity (in years). Which of these would you expect to have the greatest annual survival?
TLS Online TPP Program

#Question id: 12564

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

A prime factor promoting the adaptive radiation of Darwin's finches on the Galapagos Islands was the
TLS Online TPP Program

#Question id: 12565

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

If we say a species is endemic to a certain area, we mean that
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#Question id: 12566

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Forests with a high density of native conifer trees are found in: