Ecology Questions
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cold, drynear the poles at high altitude
moderate temperatures, wetshrubs, flowering plants, middle latitudes of northern hemisphere
ants from the genus pseudomyrmex live in bull's horn acacia trees, acacia cornigera. the ants will attack any predators of the tree. in return, the ants live protected in the thorns of the tree and eat the nectar and protein-rich secretions of the tree. what term describes this relationship?
global climate change is likely to increase the rate of extinction worldwide. what pollutant is most implicated in this problem?
what term includes the variety of species in an area of interest?
warm and relatively dry, moderate rainfall, dominated by spiny evergreen shrubs and frequent firesareas surrounding the mediterranean sea
the current carrying capacity of earth for the human population may have been inflated by ___________
earth's axis is tilted away from the sun during __________ and toward the sun during __________ in the northern hemisphere
what terrestrial biome is dominated by woody plants?
in which biome is coniferous trees most abundant?
what would a species that has a high number of alleles for many genes that are distributed throughout the population have?
what would all individuals of all species living within an area of interest represent?
what type of distribution would include the evenly spaced distribution of stalks of corn planted in an agricultural field?
what describes the greater fitness of individuals who carry one copy of the sickle-cell allele in areas where malaria is common?
which of the following would be most threatened by habitat fragmentation?
most of the energy contained in one trophic level is "lost" when it gets to the next trophic level. what form does the lost energy take?
what phenomenon results from the runoff of fertilizers from agricultural and residential areas causing the aquatic algae in bodies of water to grow prolifically?
what role would an owl that eats a seed-eating mouse perform in a food chain?
cattle egrets hitch a ride on domestic cows and eat insects that are stirred up by their activity. what term describes this relationship?
which organism compromises the largest and bottom base level of the trophic pyramid?