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#Question id: 11174

Why might a peahen choose to mate with a peacock with a long, gaudy tail?

#Section 4: Behavioural Ecology

  1. He is easier to find than a male with a plain tail

  2. She feels sorry for him
  3. Actually, it is the male (peacock) that chooses its mate
  4. A male with such a tail who is able to survive and reproduce likely carries genes that will enhance the survival of the peahen's young
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#Question id: 12144

#Section 1: Ecology

Which statement regarding population growth rates is incorrect? 
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#Question id: 12145

#Section 1: Ecology

If population size is exactly half of carrying capacity: 
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#Question id: 12146

#Section 1: Ecology

Which of the following is not a density-dependent factor? 
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#Question id: 12147

#Section 1: Ecology

Climax forests
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#Question id: 12148

#Section 1: Ecology

If asked to find the cause of regular fluctuations in a population's size not associated with seasonal environmental variation, you would probably first seek evidence for: 
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#Question id: 12149

#Section 1: Ecology

In a discrete-time population model, which of the following behaviours is associated when 1 < r < 2?