During  a  field  trip,  an  instructor  touched  a  moth  resting  on  a  tree  trunk.  The  moth  raised  its  forewings  to  reveal large eyespots on its hind wings. The instructor asked why the moth lifted its wings. One student answered that sensory  receptors  had  fired  and  triggered  a  neuronal  reflex  culminating  in  the  contraction  of  certain  muscles.  A second student responded that the behaviour might frighten predators. Which statement best describes these explanations?

#Question id: 11662

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

During the successional process generation of community through the short time period successional process as well as long time successional process;

a) During short time period evolve pioneer community from the climax community

b) During short time period generation of the microbial community 

c) During long time period generation of end community (forest) from the pioneer community

d) During long time period generation of the microbial community 

#Question id: 11663

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Successional community changes in every steps,  process of lithosere is involved in a particular order manner such as,

#Question id: 11910

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

During succession species that colonize in early seral stages tend to have different life-history characteristics than those that colonize in later seral stages ;

A) Early seral stage in succession

B) Late seral stage in succession

 i) Good seed dispersal ability

ii) Lower plant efficiency in low light

iii) Seed dispersal  by animal

iv) Slower the resource acquisition

v) Found large biomass

vi) Seed longevity is long type

Which of the following is the correct prediction about early and the late successional seral stage?

#Question id: 11911

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Michael Moulton and Stuart Pimm (1986) showed how the success of birds introduced to Tahiti or the Hawaiian Islands was dependent on the morphology of the species already present , find out the correct graph represents, morphological differences and the probability of invasion success ;

#Question id: 11912

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The success of birds introduced to Tahiti or the Hawaiian Islands was dependent on the morphology of the species already present. If there was a small morphological difference in bill length between the resident and introduced species, then

#Question id: 11913

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

During the rate of succession several factors would be observe at the pioneer as well as climax community;

Match the community stages with its given characters;