#Question id: 11766
#Section 1: Ecology
The population density of a particular insect species was
determined to be 15,000 adults per hectare in the summer of 1996, 21,000 adults
per hectare in the summer of 1997, and 29,400 adults per hectare in the summer
of 1998.
What would you expect the insect population to be in the summer of 2000, assuming no change in λ?
#Question id: 3440
#Section 2: Evolution
Which of the following is least related to the others?
#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
#Question id: 11243
#Section 1: Ecology
Which of the following would be a hermaphrodite?
#Question id: 10856
#Section 1: Ecology
By inhibiting sexual reproduction by their hosts, what advantage is gained by parasites such as endophytic fungi?