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#Question id: 9225


Use the following figure to answer the question


In looking at the species-area plot in the figure, what can be concluded?


#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms
  1. The number of bird species increases linearly with island area.
  2. Two island land areas do not correlate to the number of bird species
  3. Diversity is independent from island area.
  4. The number of bird species increases exponentially with island area
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#Question id: 10731

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Shannon index of diversity is calculated using the equation below


Community with 5 species and evenness value is one, what will be value of Shannon index

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#Question id: 12657

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

Experiments performed in the laboratory of Anne Osbourn at the John Innes Centre  utilized genetic approaches to demonstrate the role of saponins in defense against pathogens of oat. If Mutant oat lines then,

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#Question id: 20279

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Which one of the following statements is true with regard to Growth Hormone Secretion?
a. Growth hormone is secreted in a pulsatile pattern.
b. Growth hormone secretory rates are constant over a lifetime.
c. After puberty, the rate of growth hormone secretion declines to a stable level.
d. The highest rates of growth hormone secretion occur during puberty, and the lowest rates occur in senescence.
Which of the following is the correct combination of the statements given above?

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#Question id: 4650

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

DDT was once considered a ʺsilver bulletʺ that would permanently eradicate insect pests. Today, instead, DDT is largely useless against many insects. Which of these would have been required for this pest eradication effort to be successful in the long run?

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#Question id: 11043

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

An increase in which of the following tends to decrease capillary filtration rate?