Monkeys of South and Central America have prehensile tails, meaning that their tails can be used to grasp objects. The tails of African and Asian monkeys are not prehensile. Which discipline is most likely to provide an evolutionary explanation for how this difference in tails came about?

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#Question id: 11985

#Section 1: Ecology

In  the  territorial  behavior  of  the  stickleback  fish,  the  red  belly  of  one  male  elicits  attack  from  another  male  by functioning as

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#Question id: 11355

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In the Lotka-Volterra population model for a prey population, dV/dt = rV - cVP, what is the meaning of the last term in the model (-cVP)?

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#Question id: 11363

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Competition among individuals belonging to the same species is referred to as _________ competition.

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#Question id: 11978

#Section 1: Ecology

Which of the following statements about the ocean pelagic biome is true?

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#Question id: 11652

#Section 1: Ecology

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