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#Question id: 12755

Which of the following statements best describes why biologists are currently concerned with global warming and the thawing of permafrost in many areas of the tundra biome?

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
  1. The thawing process will likely decrease the abundance and diversity of soil-dwelling organisms in tundra habitats.
  2. The bacterial decomposition of  the thawed organic materials on  the widespread areas of  the tundra will produce large quantities of CO2, which will add to greenhouse gases and exacerbate global warming.
  3. Oil and coal deposits will thaw and rise to the surface (because of their lower density) of the tundra, destroying millions of acres of arctic habitat.
  4. Populations of humans inhabiting the arctic will have to move to more southern latitudes, resulting in in- creased competition for resources in already densely populated areas.
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#Question id: 13139

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The logistic equation above is used to describe the rate of change of a population, N, with time, t, where r is the intrinsic rate of increase and K is the carrying capacity. Which of the following statements is true for this equation?
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#Question id: 13138

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Life-history characteristics associated with K-selected ordgtanisms include K
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#Question id: 13137

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Reproductive value (Vx ) calculated from population life-table data provides a measure of the 
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#Question id: 13136

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The figure below illustrates the relationship between population density in the present generation (Nt) and population equilibrium density of this population in the next generation (Nt+1). The dashed reference line has a slope of 1. Which of the following represents equilibrium density of this population?
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#Question id: 13134

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which  of  the  graphs  below  represents the  relationship between  population  size  (N)  and  population  growth  rate (dN/dt) for a population showing exponential growth?
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#Question id: 13133

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The diagram below depicts three general types of survivorship curves. Only the form of the curve is important, not its absolute scale. Which of the following statements is LEAST likely to be true?