Questions from Ecology


Q: What do the GSI values for rougheye rockfish, 0.02

What do the GSI values for rougheye rockfish, 0.02, and northern anchovy, 0.65, mean in terms of the body weights of these two fish species?

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Q: What is a main difference between the study by Bertschy and Fox

What is a main difference between the study by Bertschy and Fox (1999) and that of Gunderson (1997)?

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Q: The competitive exclusion principle states that two species cannot occupy the same

The competitive exclusion principle states that two species cannot occupy the same niche indefinitely. What is a fundamental assumption of this principle?

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Q: Do resources have to be present in limited supplies for competition to

Do resources have to be present in limited supplies for competition to shape species niches?

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Q: The patterns shown in figureĀ 14.7 suggest that Helicopsyche depletes

The patterns shown in figure 14.7 suggest that Helicopsyche depletes its algal food supply. However, Lamberti and Resh were not certain and so conducted their second set of experiments. Wh...

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Q: How could you test experimentally for the combined influence of bats and

How could you test experimentally for the combined influence of bats and birds on numbers of arthropods on foliage, as well as their individual contributions?

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Q: If reef-building corals are placed in the dark, they

If reef-building corals are placed in the dark, they will expel the zooxanthellae in their tissues. What does this suggest concerning controls on the relationship between corals and zooxanthellae?

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Q: In terms of costs and benefits, why might corals expel their

In terms of costs and benefits, why might corals expel their zooxanthellae when placed in the dark?

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Q: Pollution of streams generally reduces the diversity of Trichoptera (see fig

Pollution of streams generally reduces the diversity of Trichoptera (see fig. 16.7), and several other groups of stream insects, by reducing both species richness and species e...

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Q: Many desert species are well waterproofed. Evolution cannot, however,

Many desert species are well waterproofed. Evolution cannot, however, eliminate all evaporative water loss. Why not? (Hint: Think of the kinds of exchanges that an organism must maintain with its env...

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