Bioee 1610 Prelim 2 |71 Questions| With Correct Answers.

In the myxomatosis-rabbit system, the two vectors were which of the following? {Ans: Mosquitos Fleas}Which choice accurately defines species richness? {Ans: Species richness is the total number of species in a community}If a plant were grazed upon by individuals of a snail population, and the plant produced compounds to deter further feeding, then what might occur? {Ans: The plant may experiences a trade-off of some sort, because there is likely a cost to producing the compounds that deter grazers.}For any given species, there is a _______, which describes the niche that occurs under normal circumstances of interspecific competition within a community and typically differs from the hypothetical ______, which describes the niche that the species would inhabit if interspecific competition was removed. {Ans: Realized niche, fundamental niche}Some marine mussel communities do not change even after strong storms. They might be considered {Ans: Resistant}Competition between individuals of the same species is which type of competition {Ans: Intraspecific competition}