In Connell's elegant field experiments, on the Rocky sea coasts of Scotland which of the following observation was recorded?

  1. Barnacle Balanus dominates and exclude the smaller barnacle Chathamalus from that zone
  2. Barnacle Chathamalus dominates Barnacle Balanus and exclude them from that zone.
  3. Barnacle Balanus dominates and exclude smaller warblers from that zone.
  4. Warblers dominate and exclude smaller Balanus from that area.

Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Competition |
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…….. and ……...appear to be more adversely affected by competition than…….

  1. Plants, Carnivores, Herbivores
  2. Carnivores, Herbivores, Plants
  3. Omnivores, Carnivores, Plants
  4. Plants, Herbivores, Carnivores
Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Competition |
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Host-specific parasites show which ecological phenomenon

  1. Co-evolve
  2. Competition
  3. Predation
  4. Mutualism
Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Parasitism |
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Parasites often have one or two intermediate hosts or vectors

  1. To make life cycle more complicated
  2. To facilitate parasitisation of it's primary host
  3. To cause advance life cycle
  4. To infect a broad range of organisms
Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Parasitism |
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The human liver fluke

  1. A trematode parasite
  2. Depends on two intermediate hosts- snail and Dog
  3. Both A and B
  4. Simple life cycle
Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Parasitism |
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Which of the following is not correct with respect to parasites?

  1. Harm the host
  2. Reduce survival, growth of host.
  3. Doesn't affect population density of host as no effect on reproduction ability of host
  4. Render host more vulnerable to predation by making it physically weak.
Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Parasitism |
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Which of the following is not an ectoparasite ?

  1. Ticks
  2. Lice
  3. Copepods
  4. Fluke
Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Parasitism |
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Female mosquito

  1. Needs our blood for reproduction
  2. Parasite
  3. Get some nutrition from our body
  4. Both A and B
Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Parasitism |
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Endoparasites have

  1. Complex life cycle
  2. Complex anatomical and morphological features
  3. Less emphasis on Reproductive potential
  4. All of these
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Endoparasites have complex life cycle

  1. Because of extreme morphological adaptations
  2. Because of extreme specialisation.
  3. Because of extreme anatomical adaptation
  4. Because of less reproductive potential
Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Parasitism |
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