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#Question id: 8922


Which statement is most consistent with the hypothesis that the Cambrian explosion was caused by the rise of predator-prey relationships?

#Section 2: Evolution
  1. increased incidence of worm burrows in the fossil record
  2. increased incidence of hard parts in the fossil record
  3. increased incidence of organic material in the fossil record
  4. increased incidence of fern galls in the fossil record
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#Question id: 12119

#Section 4: Behavioural Ecology

How  does inefficient transfer of energy among trophic  levels result in  the typically  high  endangerment status of many top predators?

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#Question id: 12121

#Section 4: Behavioural Ecology

Zoonotic disease

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#Question id: 12124

#Section 4: Behavioural Ecology

Which of the following describes the relationship between ants and acacia trees?

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#Question id: 12126

#Section 4: Behavioural Ecology

Which of the following describes a successional event in which one organism makes the environment more suitable for another organism?

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#Question id: 3496

#Section 4: Behavioural Ecology

Which of following favor adaptations for polygynous mating in species?

a. Male competition

b. Female competition

c. Male choice

d. Female choice

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#Question id: 3502

#Section 4: Behavioural Ecology

Sexual dimorphism (SD) is a pattern that is seen throughout the animal kingdom and differences between the sexes in coloration are common in many organisms. Following some statement are given

A) There are many mechanisms that drive the evolution of SD, the most accepted mechanism being sexual selection

B) Mate choice is an important proximate mechanism of sexual selection, often the sex with the higher reproductive investment is the ‘choosy’ sex

C) Larger species are more sexually dimorphic than smaller species

D) Terrestrial species tend to be more sexually dimorphic than arboreal species

Which of the following above statement is correct?

Which one of the following is correct?