During the successional process generation of community through the short time period successional process as well as long time successional process;

a) During short time period evolve pioneer community from the climax community

b) During short time period generation of the microbial community 

c) During long time period generation of end community (forest) from the pioneer community

d) During long time period generation of the microbial community 

#Question id: 10752

#Section 1: Ecology

Which of the following is an example of Batesian mimicry?

A) a butterfly that resembles a leaf

B) a nonvenomous larva of a moth that moves like a venomous snake

C) a fawn with fur coloring that camouflages it in the forest environment

D) a snapping turtle that uses its tongue to mimic a worm, thus attracting fish

#Question id: 8689

#Section 2: Evolution

Which of the following statements best describes the rationale for applying the principle of maximum parsimony in constructing phylogenetic trees?

#Question id: 11777

#Section 1: Ecology

Some of the species of stalk-eyed flies are sexually dimorphic, with males having eye stalks up to twice as long as those in females. This gender difference in eye span results from selection by females on the expression of this trait in males, a process called __________.

#Question id: 4652

#Section 2: Evolution

The graph depicts four possible patterns for the abundance of 3TC-resistant HIV within an infected human over time. If 3TC resistance is costly for HIV, then which plot (I—IV) best represents the response of a strain of 3TC-resistant HIV over time, if 3TC administration begins at the time indicated by the arrow?