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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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which one of the following statements is INCORRECT?

#Question id: 10689

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which of the following is correct statement?

A) Body size of parasitoid is always greater than host but parasite usually smaller than host

B) Predator immediately kill their prey however parasitoid never kill their host

C) Intrinsic rate of parasite is faster than host but intrinsic rate of predator is slower than prey

D) Body association time between parasite and host is more than time association between predator and prey

#Question id: 10691

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Following some attributes of biological control agent of parasite

A) General adaptability to the environment.

B) High searching capacity for hosts.

C) K selected strategy

D) Low dispersal ability.

E) Minimal time lag effects in responding to changes in host numbers.

Following above attribute is not ideal for that biological agent?

#Question id: 10694

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which of the following is characteristic of parasitoid/ predators?

a) consumer usually larger than resource

b) Consumer requires one host for complete development.

c) Habitat independent

d) Consumer takes long time to kill host

e) Consumer never kills their host

f) Host is free living

Which of the following is feature of parasitoid?

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Consumer (+) and resource (-) interactions classified by the two factor

T- Duration or intimacy of the association between individuals

Kp- Probability that resource individuals will be killed

Which of the following some statement are correct?

A-  Value of T for Grazer is greater than parasite

B-  Value of Kp for predator is greater than parasite

C-  Value of Kp for parasite is greater than parasitoid

D-  Value of T for parasitoid is greater than predator

#Question id: 10752

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which of the following is an example of Batesian mimicry?

A) a butterfly that resembles a leaf

B) a nonvenomous larva of a moth that moves like a venomous snake

C) a fawn with fur coloring that camouflages it in the forest environment

D) a snapping turtle that uses its tongue to mimic a worm, thus attracting fish