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Can a dominant species of tree in a forest or coral on a coral reef (see fig. 17.17, p. 386) be an ecosystem engineer? Figure 17.17:
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Why is there no one factor that seems to explain latitudinal gradients in species diversity?
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The patterns shown in figure 21.28 support Minnich’s hypothesis that fire protection in southern California would produce a difference in median burn area. However, do these results...
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Why do those regions, whether tropical, desert, or temperate, that include high mountains tend to be the most biologically diverse?
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Why would the soils in tropical rain forests generally be depleted of their nutrients more rapidly compared to the nutrients in temperate forest soils?
See AnswerQ: How are the influences of El Niño and La Niña related to
How are the influences of El Niño and La Niña related to the concepts of top-down versus bottom-up control of populations, communities, and ecosystems?
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How does the example of El Niño and the Great Salt Lake confound the concepts of top-down and bottom-up control?
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The example of El Niño and the Great Salt Lake might lead us to what general conclusion concerning the concepts of top-down and bottom-up control?
See AnswerQ: Can we be confident that differences in growth within P. glandulosa
Can we be confident that differences in growth within P. glandulosa clones grown at different elevations were not the result of genetic differences? Why?
See AnswerQ: What would you expect to see in figure 4.4 if
What would you expect to see in figure 4.4 if alpine, mid-elevation, and lowland populations of P. glandulosa were not different genetically?
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