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#Question id: 10864

Which of the following represent ways in which two ecologically similar species can avoid competing with each other?

#Section 1: Ecology
  1. Each species forages by its own unique method
  2. Each species feeds at different times of the day
  3. Each species occupies its own geographic range
  4. All of these are ways to avoid competition
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#Question id: 10821

#Section 1: Ecology

What factor does not contribute to the rapid loss of nutrients from terrestrial ecosystems?
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#Question id: 16808

#Section 4: Behavioural Ecology

In which plants do stomata open at night?
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#Question id: 12141

#Section 1: Ecology

The density and spacing of individuals within suitable habitat and the proportions of individuals in each age class comprise a population's __________. 
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#Question id: 3491

#Section 4: Behavioural Ecology

Some dogs love attention, and learns that if he barks, he gets attention. Which of the following might you use to describe this behavior?

A) The dog is displaying an instinctive fixed action pattern.

B) The dog is trying to protect its territory.

C) The dog has been classically conditioned.

D) The dog's behavior is a result of operant conditioning

E) The dog is displaying controlled by external stimuli
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#Question id: 10688

#Section 2: Evolution

For two species A and B in competition, the carrying capacities, competition coefficients, per capita growth rate and population size are

KA = 1000           KB = 1200    α of B= 1     β of A= .5       rB= .5         r A= .3                

AN= 500                  BN= 200

According to the Lotka-Volterra model, what is growth rate of species A?