Female spotted sandpipers aggressively court males and, after mating, leave the clutch of young for the male to incubate. This sequence may be repeated several times with different males until no available males remain, forcing the female to incubate her last clutch. Which of the following terms best describes this behavior?

#Question id: 10629

#Section 1: Ecology

Following are density dependent factors

A- Food                            B- space

Which of the following animal and their most important density dependent limiting factor are correct?

#Question id: 10630

#Section 1: Ecology

Following is relation between population size with various strategies of species, following is correct figure? 

#Question id: 10631

#Section 1: Ecology

To estimate the number of foxes m an area, a researcher conducted a mark-recapture survey. In the fast survey, he caught and marked 90 foxes. In his second survey a week later, he caught 120 foxes of which 40 were marked (recaptures). If you are told that the actual number of foxes in this area is 400, which of the following is a plausible explanation for the anomaly in the researcher's data? 

#Question id: 10632

#Section 1: Ecology

Three different population growth pattern related to population density are shown in figure

#Question id: 10634

#Section 1: Ecology

Consider a population which is changing from one generation to the next as per the equation N(t) = R*N(t-1), where N(t) represents the size of the population at time t and R is a constant growth parameter. Under what condition is the population likely to go extinct?

#Question id: 10635

#Section 1: Ecology

Three important biological parameters – generation time, per capita growth rate (r) and clutch size are a function of the organism‟s body size. Which of the curves (a) or (b) represents the correct relation of each of the parameters to body size?