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#Question id: 12119


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

#Section 4: Behavioural Ecology
  1. Top-level predators are destined to have small populations that are sparsely distributed. 
  2. Predators have relatively large population sizes.
  3. Predators are more disease-prone than animals at lower trophic levels.
  4. Predators have short life spans and short reproductive periods.
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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

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

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