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#Question id: 11336


Which of the following is NOT a prediction arising out of Wilson-MacArthur's -Theory of Island Biogeography?

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
  1. The number of species on an island should increase with its size/area.
  2. The number of species should decrease with increasing distance of the island from the source pool.
  3. The turnover of species should be common and frequent.
  4. Species richness on an island should be related to its average distance to the neighboring islands
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#Question id: 11652

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The sequence of changes initiated by disturbance is called succession, and the ultimate association of species achieved is called

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#Question id: 11653

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Given some characteristics of the climax community

i) Tolerate its own reactions

ii) Tends to become mesic

iii) Less stable

iv) Complex stratification

v) Simple food web

vi) Less mutualism

vii) Gross production is equals to community respiration

viii) Net community production is zero

Which of the following combination shows the characteristics of climax community?

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#Question id: 11654

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Succession start from the water body and continuos in community dyanamics, changes species composition as well as changes in structure also. Which one is the correct composition of hydrosere process?

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#Question id: 11655

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

succession as proceeding to a distinct end point, each phase of succession shown in given diagram (A → D)

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#Question id: 11656

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

What is the assumption of Clements in colonizing successional  species?

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#Question id: 11657

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

In the following diagram, three models succession are represented. In this diagram A,B,C and D are the species  and arrows indicate replaced by

Based on the above, which statement is correct.