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#Question id: 11361


Which of the following tends to stabilize predator-prey relationships?

#Section 4: Behavioural Ecology
  1. Density-dependent limitation of either predator or prey by factors external to their relationship
  2. Alternative food sources for the predator
  3. Safe refuges from predation at low prey densities
  4. All of the above
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#Question id: 10655

#Section 1: Ecology

Which of the following statements about the evolution of life histories is correct?

A) Unstable environments with unlimited resources favor r-selected populations.

B) K-selected populations are most often found in environments where density-independent factors are important regulators of population size.

C) Most populations have both r- and K-selected characteristics that vary under different environmental conditions.

D) The reproductive efforts of r-selected populations are directed at producing just a few offspring with good competitive abilities.

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#Question id: 4943

#Section 2: Evolution

In what way were conditions on the early Earth of more than 3 billion years ago different from those on todayʹs Earth?

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#Question id: 12674

#Section 5: Applied Ecology & Evolution

You  have  a  friend  who  is  wary  of  environmentalists? claims  that  global  warming  could  lead  to  major  biological change on Earth. Which of the following statements can you truthfully make in response to your friend's suspicions?

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#Question id: 12339

#Section 1: Ecology

If a species is a keystone predator, then its removal from a community should

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#Question id: 11777

#Section 2: Evolution

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 __________.