The phosphate transport system in bacteria imports phosphate into the cell even when the concentration of phosphate outside the cell is much lower than the cytoplasmic phosphate concentration. Phosphate import depends on a pH gradient across the membrane—more acidic outside the cell than inside the cell. In this bacterial cell, phosphate transport is an example of:

#Question id: 10629

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Following are density dependent factors

A- Food                            B- space

Which of the following animal and their most important density dependent limiting factor are correct?

#Question id: 10630

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Following is relation between population size with various strategies of species, following is correct figure? 

#Question id: 10631

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

To estimate the number of foxes m an area, a researcher conducted a mark-recapture survey. In the fast survey, he caught and marked 90 foxes. In his second survey a week later, he caught 120 foxes of which 40 were marked (recaptures). If you are told that the actual number of foxes in this area is 400, which of the following is a plausible explanation for the anomaly in the researcher's data? 

#Question id: 10632

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Three different population growth pattern related to population density are shown in figure

#Question id: 10633

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Following some characteristic feature of r selected species

A. late maturity

B. Provision of parental care

C. High mortality during early stages of life

D. large clutch size

What is the above combination is correct?

#Question id: 10634

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Consider a population which is changing from one generation to the next as per the equation N(t) = R*N(t-1), where N(t) represents the size of the population at time t and R is a constant growth parameter. Under what condition is the population likely to go extinct?