Ecosystem A: Actual link 10, number of species 15  

Ecosystem B: Actual link 10, number of species 20   

Connectance of ecosystem A and B

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Please refer to the following art to answer the following question.

According to the Shannon Diversity Index, which block would show the greatest diversity?

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

According to bottom-up and top-down control models of community organization, which of the following expressions would  imply  that  an  increase  in  the  size  of  a  carnivore  (C)population  would  negatively  impact  on  its  prey  (P) population, but not vice versa? 

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

According to the nonequilibrium model,

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#Question id: 12323

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which of the following is considered by ecologists a measure of the ability of a community either to resist change or to recover to its original state after change?

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#Question id: 12322

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which of the following could qualify as a top-down control on a grassland community? 

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#Question id: 12321

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Based on the intermediate disturbance hypothesis, a community's species diversity is