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Where would you place the following plant species, in Grime’s and in Winemiller and Rose’s classifications of life histories (see figs. 12.20 and 12.21)? The plant...
See AnswerQ: Why might medium ground finch population responses to short-term,
Why might medium ground finch population responses to short-term, episodic increases in rainfall (see fig. 11.17) differ from their responses to increases in rainfall lasting for years or...
See AnswerQ: Paramecium aurelia and P. caudatum coexisted for a long period when
Paramecium aurelia and P. caudatum coexisted for a long period when fed full-strength food compared to when they were fed half that amount. What does this contrast in the time to competitive exclusion...
See AnswerQ: Can we conclude that interspecific competition commonly restricts species to realized niches
Can we conclude that interspecific competition commonly restricts species to realized niches in nature, based on the results of mathematical models and laboratory experiments?
See AnswerQ: Is there any way that predators could alter the outcome of competition
Is there any way that predators could alter the outcome of competition as shown in figure 13.14 a, where species 1 excludes species 2, and in figure 13.14 b, where species 2 ex...
See AnswerQ: In what kinds of environments would you expect to find the greatest
In what kinds of environments would you expect to find the greatest predominance of C 3 , C 4 , or CAM plants? How can you explain the co-occurrence of two, or even all three, of these types of plants...
See AnswerQ: When the coupled cycling of lynx and snowshoe hare populations (see
When the coupled cycling of lynx and snowshoe hare populations (see fig. 14.14) was first described, many concluded that lynx control snowshoe hare populations. Why are lynx not the primar...
See AnswerQ: Why is it not surprising that snowshoe hare populations are controlled by
Why is it not surprising that snowshoe hare populations are controlled by a combination of factors, food and predators (see fig. 14.15), and not by a single environmental factor? Figure...
See AnswerQ: Suppose you discover a mutant form of Helianthella quinquenervis that does not
Suppose you discover a mutant form of Helianthella quinquenervis that does not produce extrafloral nectaries. What does Keller’s theory predict concerning the relative fitness of these mutant plants a...
See AnswerQ: According to Keller’s theory, under what general conditions would the mutant
According to Keller’s theory, under what general conditions would the mutant Helianthella quinquenervis, lacking extrafloral nectaries, increase in frequency in a population and displace the typical p...
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