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#Question id: 9209


Introduced species can have deleterious effects on biological communities by ________.

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms
  1. competing with native species for resources and displacing them
  2. spreading rapidly in their new region
  3. reducing erosion
  4. increasing the biodiversity in their new region
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#Question id: 11414

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which of the following combination of species feature that affecting a species’ sensitivity to extinction?

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#Question id: 11415

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Below is a list of various bird groups, with their typical age at maturity (in years). Which of these would you expect to have the greatest annual survival?

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#Question id: 11416

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which of the following biomes spans the largest annual mean temperature range, but the narrowest mean precipitation range?

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#Question id: 11417

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Use the following figure to answer the question below


Which of the following name of biome 5, 6, 4 and 3 respectively?

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#Question id: 11418

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Use the following diagram of five islands formed at around the same time near a particular mainland, as well as MacArthur and Wilson's island equilibrium model principles


Which island would likely have the lowest extinction rate?

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#Question id: 11419

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

There are more species in tropical areas than in places more distant from the equator. This is probably a result of

a) more predators and parasites

b) more dispersed annual solar radiation compared to the poles

c) more frequent ecological disturbances over a longer time span

d) a longer time frame without disturbances for evolution and speciation