Which is the Dependent Variable and the independent variable in the below question.   The beak length and depth for medium ground finches recorded over 5 years?

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A: Introduction Brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis), also known as brown catsnake or culepla, is a…

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A: Answer ::   The correct answer would be 0.7 From the graph it is deductable that ,As the if the…

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A: Balanus is a genus of barnacles belonging to the family Balanidae of the Crustacea subphylum.…

Q: In a population of birds, the average beak size is selected against, while large and small beak…

A: Answer: ADAPTATION : It is the ability of an individual to alter or changes the physical and…

Q: Why might you expect to find a negative correlation between adult body size and population density…

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Q: What characteristic is the most recent derived characteristic? Explain your answer

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Q: Describe the realized niches for the two species of barnaclesused in Connell’s experiment

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Q: In the lab, you will change the number of birds with each beak phenotype for the second and third…

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A: Introduction   Heritability is a proportion of how well contrasts in individuals' qualities…

Q: In the article “ Environmental and Social Determinants of Anuran Lekking Behavior: Intraspecific…

A: “ Environmental and Social Determinants of Anuran Lekking Behavior: Intraspecific Variation in…

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A: Darwin's finches are small land birds named after Charles Darwin.

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Q: True or False: a species that exhibits stasis lacks variation and is unchanging. Explain your answer

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A: Natural selection drives the process of evolution.

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Q: Explain Measuring the heritability of bill depth in populations of Darwin’s finches?

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Q: Which one inconsistently affect measurent? Random or systematic

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Q: How does temperature of sand affect the population of sea turtles? Discuss.

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Q: what is the brown bears range in North America at the present time?

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Ecological adaptations

An ecological adaptation is any morphological, physiological, or behavioral trait of an organism that allows it to survive and reproduce in a habitat or ecosystem. Adaptation is a biological mechanism by which an organism gradually gets more acclimated to its surroundings.