#Question id: 11918
#Section 1: Ecology
A succession which begins when rooted aquatic plants become established at the edge of a pond, is known as,
#Question id: 4633
#Section 2: Evolution
Natural selection is based on all of the following except
#Question id: 11256
#Section 4: Behavioural Ecology
Inferences built on the idea that evolutionarily older and younger characters should be found among close relatives if they are linked by evolution has been elaborated into a branch of evolutionary biology known as __________.
#Question id: 10704
#Section 1: Ecology
Imagine five forest communities, each with one hundred individuals distributed among four different tree species (W, X, Y, and Z). Which forest community would be most diverse?
#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?