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#Question id: 11656


What is the assumption of Clements in colonizing successional  species?

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
  1. possession of space is all-important and that the colonists that get there first determine subsequent community structure, such as facilitation
  2. Early colonists may exclude subsequent colonists such as
  3. Any species can start the succession, but the eventual climax community is reached in a somewhat orderly fashion, such as tolerance
  4. Each colonizing species made the environment a little different, such as facilitation
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#Question id: 11315

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Carnivores that eat herbivores in a food chain are the _________________.

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#Question id: 12972

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Under  some  circumstances a  population  can  split  into  two  or  more  species  without  the  existence of  geographic barriers. All of the following genetically determined behaviours could provide conditions leading to speciation EXCEPT

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#Question id: 12971

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

One group of ecologists has suggested that producers are limited by competition for resources, primary consumers (herbivores) are limited by predation, and secondary consumers (carnivores) are limited by food. If this were true, at which of the following trophic levels would one expect to find substantial evidence for competitive exclusion?

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#Question id: 12970

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

In deep-sea hydrothermal vents near the Galapagos Islands, bacteria obtain energy by oxidizing hydrogen sulphide released from the vents. Giant tube worms, which lack mouths and digestive systems, harbour the bacteria in their tissues and use them as a source of organic molecules. Clams obtain energy by filtering bacteria directly from the water, and numerous crabs and octopi feed on the clams. In this unique ecosystem, the bactena are playing the role of

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#Question id: 12969

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

In which of the following habitats would one expect to find the highest diversity of vascular plants? 

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#Question id: 12968

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Most terrestrial ecosystems have a pyramidal structure of where biomass of producers > primary consumers > secondary consumers > tertiary consumers. However, some aquatic ecosystems have an inverted pyramidal structure where the standing biomass of producers < primary consumers. An explanation for this is: