The potential for social interactions among individuals should be maximized when individuals a. are randomly distributed in their environment. b. are uniformly distributed in their environment. c. have a clumped distribution in their environment. d. None of the choices is correct.

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A: Mutualism is a type of relationship that exists between species where both species are benefitted…

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Q: The field of behavioral ecology asks which question?a. Is behavior hereditary?b. Is behavior…

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A: Answer is e.) altruism.

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Q: Describe how courtship behavior drives sexual selection. Use the peacock as an example.

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Q: In sexual selection, the selective pressure acting on the population is... an external environmental…

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Q: Give an example of an altruistic behavior and explain how such be-havior conflicts with Darwin’s…

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Q: Among the Great Apes, yet unlike our chimpanzee and bonobo 'cousins', as humans we combine a unique…

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Q: Examples of pattern in nature or living systems that occured due to random chances or events.

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Q: Living things that are well adapted to their environment survive and reproduce. Those that are not…

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Q: . Hamilton suggests altruistic behaviors are favorable when A. cost/benefit is greater than the…

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A: Answer : Option  'E' are correct  : Behaviors have evolved through the operation of natural…

Communities and Ecosystems

Ecology contains two words: Eikos means dwelling, and logy means to study, so the combined meaning is studying habitat or living.