Aquatic ecologists have used the number of fish caught by the fishing industry to show in many cases that wild fish species are approaching extinction. This approach for measuring changes in population size is an example of: Counting a sample and extrapolation Capture- Mark - Recapture

Q: For a conservation biologist interested in sustaining populations of the organisms below, why would…

A: A forest-breeding warbler that suffers poor nesting success in small, fragmented forest patches.…

Q: Which of the following measures the relative abundance of species in a community?

A: Species evenness is the species abundance. Species diversity is the number of species present in a…

Q: Hawks and owls rely on similar prey, but hawks feed during full daylight while owls hunt and feed…

A: Introduction Ecological interaction is defined as the interaction between two or more species living…

Q: In the paired ODE model, the factor that contributes to the growth of the population of the…

A: The predator and prey work together in the ecosystem to maintain equilibrium. Predator are the…

Q: For each of the following statements about a keystone species, select true or false. 1. Keystone…

A: A keystone species is a species that has an extensive effect on an ecosystem even though their…

Q: Which of the following is not true of a population of largepredators in a small reserve?a. The…

A: In a predator-prey relationship, the organism that feeds upon the other is called a predator, while…

Q: The smallest population of a species that is likely to be able to survive in the long term is called…

A: A population in ecology is defined as the group of individuals belonging to the same species and…

Q: The total number of species present in a community is called the   a. species evenness.   b.…

A: A community is a group of organisms living in the same place or having a particular characteristic…

Q: For the specie Panthera Tigris Evaluate whether ecosystem or DNA-based solutions to biodiversity…

A: Biodiversity conservation refers to the preservation and management of biological diversity in order…

Q: Below are the life history characteristics for three species of ocean dwelling organisms. Match…

A: Let us consider the first scenario to be Species A, the second as Species B and so on. The species A…

Q: As population densities approach the carrying capacity what are two biotic factors that would…

A: The study of organisms in their indigenous environment is called ecology. The carrying capacity in…

Q: The ecology lab did a mark-recapture study on grasshoppers in a field at Possum Creek MetroPark.…

A: Mark-recapture technique is used to determine the population density or estimate size of population.…

Q: Which of the following methods will provide information to an ecologist about both the size and…

A: Which of the following methods will provide information to an ecologist about both the size and…

Q: A(n) ________ ecologist studying frogs would examine the preferred nesting locations of frogs.   A.…

A: Ecology refers to the study of the environment. It helps in understanding the physiology of the…

Q: By a currently favored hypothesis, species richness of a community is greatest when physical…

A: Species is the basic unit of classification of an organism. In 18th-century naturalist, Carl…

Q: For a population to be mutualistic, the fitness of successful mutualists must be lower than…

A: It is obvious that in nature animals, plant and microbes do not and cannot live in isolation but…

Q: Suppose researchers captured, marked and released 2000 turtles. During the recapture phase, they…

A: The population is defined as the number of individuals found in a particular area. Mark recapture…

Q: Why might an ecologist be interested in studying population dynamics?

A: Population dynamics denotes the number of individuals that change with changing time present in a…

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A: Competition is an interaction that ocurrs among individuals for the same resources such as space,…

Q: Biologists have chosen a particular species to populate a small island. They have introduced a…

A: An island is a piece of land surrounded by water; however, there is no universally accepted concept…

Q: Identify some applications of population dynamics in conservation biology.

A: Population dynamics is the type of mathematics which is used to study the size of population as well…

Q: Biodiversity is     the variety of life in the world or a particular habitat or ecosystem.     a…

A: The correct option is a i.e  the variety of life in the world or a particular habitat or ecosystem…

Q: Which of the following best predicts the consequences of introducing brown rats ( invasive species)…

A: The community is the collection of all species that are present in a particular area. The…

Q: Species with a capacity for a high rate of population growth are called o-selected species O…

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Q: An ecologist studying the availability of nutrients and the distribution of the plants that live in…

A: Ecology is a branch of science that deals with the interactions between biotic and abiotic factors.…

Q: Which of the following factors stabilizes population growth into an S-shaped curve? a. limited…

A: Increases in a population's or a dispersed group's membership are referred to as population growth.…

Q: Predation and parasitism can keep a population

A: Several limits possess different populations for themselves due to multiple variables. As soon as…

Q: In studying species relationship, what kind of tool should use to understand between population…

A: The tools which are used to study the population are known as demographic parameters. There use many…

Q: Fixed effort harvesting and fixed quota harvesting are two very different approaches to fishing,…

A: Maximum sustainable yield (MSY) is a goal or strategy that aims to regulate the rate of harvesting…

Q: A species that maintains diversity in a community by controlling the density of other species is a…

A: A keystone species is an organism that characterizes a whole environment (ecosystem). Without its…

Q: The size of the population of a species in an ecosystem is determined by the ___________ factors and…

A: There are two factors in ecosystem Namely Biotic factor and Abiotic factor.

Q: How is a clumped population distribution beneficial for prey animals? a. Being a member of a larger…

A: The total species residing in a particular geographical zone is the population. The population size…

Q: Indentify how the factors of biotic potential and environmental resistance as well as predation and…

A: Biotic potential can be defined as the increase in the population in an ideal environment without…

Q: When would it be appropriate to conduct an exclusion experiment? O When studying how one species…

A: The competitive exclusion or the Gause principle in biology is very much important for competitive…

Q: If you are studying the changes in the panda population in Asia you are most likely considered a….…

A: Ecology is that branch of biology that deals with the interactions between the organisms and their…

Q: Which of the following is not a sustainable fishing solution? Limit the number of fish that can be…

A: Fishing is a technique which is used to capture the fish found in a particular area.

Q: When a large, contiguous area of habitat is reduced in area and divided into smaller, more scattered…

A: Ecology is the study of the connections between plants and animals and their surroundings which is…

Q: A group of individuals of the same species within the same ecosystem is known as a community.   b.…

A: An ecosystem can be defined as the interaction between the biotic and abiotic things in the given…

Q: Which of the following could be reasons why population sizes may reach and maintain plateaus? Select…

A: Ecosystem balance, often known as "ecosystem homeostasis," is influenced by both factors that tend…

Q: Consider the mathematical formulas for predator-prey population dynamics and the zero population…

A: Answer :- Option (A) is correct. - when dN/dt>rN-aNP

Q: Which of the following is not a sustainable fishing solution? Monitor fishing activities to in…

A: Sustainability is defined as meeting our own needs in such a way that the future generation can also…

Q: Explain how logistic growth, limiting factors, carrying capacity, and otherfundamental concepts…

A: An ecosystem is a geographical region made up of living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic) factors…

Q: Species richness quantifies the amount of money each species is valued at on the biodiversity stock…

A: Species richness quantified?

Q: Which of the following is the term used to describe the downward pressure that the environment…

A: It is a number of all the organisms of the same group or species who live in a particular…