BIOLOGY
12th Edition
ISBN: 9781260169614
Author: Raven
Publisher: RENT MCG
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Chapter 58, Problem 4S
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The reason behind the extinction of the species affects the ecosystem and to predict the possibility the extinction of which species would affect the ecosystem most.
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As the species in the ecosystem belong to one trophic level interacts with the species of the other trophic level and in one trophic level also, the species interact among themselves. The changes occurring in the population of one species would affect the other species interacting with it.
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Chapter 58 Solutions
BIOLOGY
Ch. 58.1 - Describe the history of extinction through time.Ch. 58.1 - Prob. 2LOCh. 58.2 - Prob. 1LOCh. 58.2 - Prob. 2LOCh. 58.3 - Prob. 1LOCh. 58.3 - Explain how these causes can interact to bring...Ch. 58.4 - Prob. 1LOCh. 58.4 - Describe the potential roles of natural selection...Ch. 58.4 - Prob. 3LOCh. 58.5 - Prob. 1LO
Ch. 58.5 - Prob. 2LOCh. 58.5 - Prob. 3LOCh. 58 - If we assume that population density is a good...Ch. 58 - Prob. 2DACh. 58 - Would the extinction rate increase if an area were...Ch. 58 - Prob. 4DACh. 58 - Why do population density and growth rates differ...Ch. 58 - Why might whale populations fail to recover once...Ch. 58 - Why do small populations lose genetic variation?Ch. 58 - Prob. 1UCh. 58 - The economic value of indirect ecosystem services...Ch. 58 - The amphibian decline is best described as a....Ch. 58 - Prob. 4UCh. 58 - When populations are drastically reduced in size,...Ch. 58 - A captive-breeding program followed by release to...Ch. 58 - Historically, island species have tended to become...Ch. 58 - Ninety-nine percent of all the species that ever...Ch. 58 - To effectively address the biodiversity crisis,...Ch. 58 - The introduction of a nonnative predator to an...Ch. 58 - If 99% of the species that ever existed are now...Ch. 58 - Prob. 2SCh. 58 - Prob. 3SCh. 58 - Prob. 4SCh. 58 - Prob. 5S
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