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#Question id: 10613

Life-history characteristics associated with K-selected organisms include

#Section 1: Ecology
  1. rapid reproductive rates, short generation times, and large body size
  2. repeated reproduction, few progeny, and large body size
  3. Inhabiting early successional state communities, rapid maturation rates, and numerous large offspring
  4. Inhabiting climax communities, many small offspring, and short life span
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#Question id: 10673

#Section 2: Evolution

Which of following attributes of parasite agent acts as a biological control is not necessary?
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#Question id: 11511

#Section 2: Evolution

A metapopulation is
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#Question id: 12344

#Section 1: Ecology

The concept of punctuated equilibrium refers to
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#Question id: 15719

#Section 2: Evolution

Carolus Linnaeus (1707–1778), who established the framework of modern taxonomy in his Systema Naturae (1735), won worldwide fame for his exhaustive classification of plants and animals, undertaken in the hope of discovering the pattern of the creation. Linnaeus classified,
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#Question id: 12100

#Section 1: Ecology

Prairie dogs once covered the expanses of the Great Plains. Their grazing made the grass more nutritious for the huge herds of bison, and a variety of snakes, raptors, and mammals   preyed on the rodents. In fact, the black- footed ferret (now endangered) specialized in prairie dog predation. Today, growing housing and agricultural developments have covered many prairie dog towns. Which of the following statements about prairie dogs is true?