Which of the following links ecology to population genetics and evolution?
1. | Organismic ecology | 2. | Population ecology |
3. | Ecosystem ecology | 4. | Biome ecology |
Assertion (A): | Age-structure pyramids for the population of a country not only predict a population’s growth trends but can also illuminate social conditions. |
Reason (R): | These pyramids show the distribution of various age groups in a population, typically that of a country or region of the world. |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
3. | (A) is true but (R) is false. |
4. | Both (A) and (R) are false. |
Which of the following would necessarily decrease the density of a population in a given habitat?
1. | Natality> mortality | 2. | Immigration >emigration |
3. | Mortality and emigration | 4. | Natality and immigration |
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Identify the correct statement:
1. | Eutrophic lakes contain fewer nutrients than oligotrophic lakes. |
2. | Xerarch succession is a primary succession that occurs in water bodies. |
3. | Most ecologists believe that most communities achieve stable, unchanging climax vegetation. |
4. | A mature ecosystem has greater species richness, greater biomass, and less net productivity than a younger stage of succession. |
A feature of ‘r’ strategists would be:
1. | few offspring | 2. | little parental care |
3. | sigmoid growth curves | 4. | a longer generation time |
Assertion (A): | Ecologically similar species can coexist in a community if one or more significant differences in their niches arise through time. |
Reason (R): | Two species cannot coexist permanently in a community if their niches are identical. |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
3. | (A) is true but (R) is false. |
4. | Both (A) and (R) are false. |
In general, competition has the least impact on:
1. | Plants | 2. | Herbivores |
3. | Carnivores | 4. | Both 1 and 2 |
The relationship between cattle egret and grazing cattle can be best described as:
1. | Mutualism | 2. | Commensalism |
3. | Parasitism | 4. | Competition |
Population size is unlikely to be limited by:
1. | predation | 2. | commensalism |
3. | competition | 4. | brood parasitism |
A parasitism that does not involve feeding on the body of the host is:
1. | ectoparasitism | 2. | endoparasitism |
3. | parasitoids | 4. | brood parasitism |
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