A biologist studied a population of squirrels for 15 years. During that time, the population was never fewer than 30 squirrels and never more than 45. Her data showed that over half of the squirrels born did not survive to reproduce, because of competition for food and predation. In a single generation, 90% of the squirrels that were born lived to reproduce, and the population increased to 80. Which inference(s) about this population might be true?

A) The amount of available food may have increased.

B) The number of predators may have decreased.

C) The squirrels of subsequent generations should show greater levels of genetic variation than previous generations, because squirrels that would not have survived in the past will now survive.

Choose correct combination,

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#Section 2: Evolution

If a population has a stable age distribution, which of the following statements is true?

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#Question id: 11257

#Section 1: Ecology

Close examination of the yucca-yucca moth mutualism has shown that what appear to be coevolved traits may have been __________ that were critical to the establishment of the mutualism in the first place.

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#Question id: 11768

#Section 1: Ecology

As documented by peter and rosemary grant, the population of the medium ground finch on the tiny island of Daphne major in the Galápagos archipelago responded how to changes in food resources associated with climate changes:

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#Section 1: Ecology

Advantages of group living include _______________.

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#Question id: 10834

#Section 1: Ecology

Which of the following is not an example of symbiosis?