If the ecologist placed 12 kangaroo rats in the area between the patches and the animals followed an ideal free distribution, approximately how many individuals would be in each habitat?

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: Ecology. As a wildlife biologist, you are responsible for managing white-tailed deer in Ohio.  Why…

A: Growth as well as death of an individual depends or regulated by the Biotic as well as abiotic…

Q: How did the removal of sea otters affect the population of two other organisms? Please explain.…

A: A food web is an interconnection of food chains in an ecosystem, i.e, it shows the relationship of…

Q: The length of a food chain is limited by the efficiency of the energy transfer along the chain.…

A: A food chain is defined as the linear network of links or associations in a food web that will start…

Q: List at least 5 abiotic factors and explain how they can affect the populations of different species…

A: An ecosystem (or ecological system) is made up of all the organisms that interact with the physical…

Q: In one case, the removal of the predator increased the competitively dominant species and in the…

A: Community structure is regulated by several factors including species interactions, abiotic factors,…

Q: Rabbits can eat many plants, but they prefer some plants over others. Assume that the rabbits in a…

A: In ecosystem, each organism depends on other for their food. Every food chain is perfectly balanced…

Q: Which variable should they calculate to compare the diversity of the two communities of…

A: The industrial wastes cause eutrophication in the water which results in the formation of algal…

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: Use the following information to answer the next question. In a study of finches, ornithologists…

A: The population can be defined as organisms of the same species that reside in the same area during…

Q: Choose a biological resource and address the following four questions using examples with that…

A: Resource economics is a field of research within a population in relation with the economics that…

Q: Which of the following events would decrease competition for resources in an ecosystem? a disease…

A: The structural and practical unit of ecology is the environment. It is characterized as the…

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: 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: Which of the following could qualify as a bottom-up control on a grassland community? (A) limitation…

A: Ecosystem: It is a collaboration of living organisms such as plants and animals with non-living…

Q: Which factor will most likely increase the carrying capacity of a mouse population in a forest

A: Ecologist divided the living organisms into two different categories. The r-selected species are the…

Q: Imagine that a new boat dock is built, where people commonly picnic and spill food. A population of…

A: In ecology, always there is competition for for food. The competition for food might between the…

Q: In an experiment testing the effects of different predators on communities of tadpoles in ponds, the…

A: Effect of predation on tadpole communities. A. Proportion of tadpoles in each predator treatment.…

Q: A group of lions that preys on deer constitutes which ecological level? A: population B: ecosystem…

A: Researchers in the field of ecology study at five main levels: organism, population, community,…

Q: An insecticide is sprayed that kills the grass blackberry bushes.explain how each of the other…

A: NOTE:- “Since you have posted a question with multiple sub-parts, we will solve the first part for…

Q: Which of the indices listed would you use ito answer each of the following questions? Answers…

A: Has the fish community changed in Alcyon Lake over time? -A. Survivorship How many mice are in my…

Q: Imagine the environment of an ecosystem changes such that it floods more often. Which species would…

A: Species that can adapt to the new changing environment can only survive and will be naturally…

Q: Insect communities were surveyed in either the high or low canopy of a tropical forest. The…

A: This question is based on the Shannon diversity index. It is commonly used to characterize species…

Q: Two species of bird live in the same tree. Seeds only grow at the tops of the tree and insects only…

A: As in the given condition there are 2 species of birds living on a same tree, but actual site of…

Q: A density independent factor is something that affects the size of a popualtion regardless of its…

A: In ecology, a density-dependent factor, also known as a regulatory factor, is any force that…

Q: If the human species suffered a population crash, name three species that might move in to occupy…

A: The position occupied by a species to a specific environmental condition within an ecosystem is…

Q: The image below shows a watering hole in the African savannah. There are several different species…

A: An ecosystem is important because it conveys one of the key insights that we have gained from…

Q: In terms of trophic levels and energy, why do you suppose that there are not many top predators…

A: a food chain is a chain of organisms which supports the energy transfer across them in an ordered…

Q: Grizzly bears are predators of salmon. If the population of grizzlies in an area decreases, the…

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

Q: Using the African Savannah food web below, describe what would happen to various animals and plants…

A: The African savannah food web characterized by grasses and little or spread trees, in conjunction…

Q: Which limiting factor would affect the carrying capacity for all species in the pictured ecosystem?…

A: Limiting factor that would affect the carrying capacity for all species in the pictured ecosystem is…

Q: Determine whether the following factors are density-dependent or density-independent. Drought…

A: Density-dependent factors include disease, competition, and predation. Density-dependant factors can…

Q: How does the number of different prey species available to an organism affect the number of…

A: Prey species are population of animals in which predators feed in

Q: Some people think that our most environmental goals should be to sharply reduce the rate of…

A: Population change is driven by two forces, namely natural increase and migration. In the state,…

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: A farmer is struggling to control the population of a certain insect on his farm. After researching…

A: There are certain insects which act as a pest of economically important crops like…

Q: If 1,000 Joules of energy are present in the primary consumer trophic level of a community,…

A: The position occupied by an organism in a food web is called it's trophic levels. A food chain is a…

Q: N2 B N1

A: Carrying capacity: It can be defined as maximum ability of a specific area to withstand the maximum…

Q: Desert rodents and ants both depend on seeds from scrub plants as a food resource. What conditions…

A: Introduction :- Mammals known as rats and mice have upper and lower pairs of continuously…

Q: a. In our hunt today, what factors besides the interactions between predator and prey, such as…

A: Predator-prey relationship refers to the interactions between two species where one species is the…

Q: How does individual behavior decrease biotic potential? a) It reduces the reproductive rates of…

A: Biotic potential is the maximum reproductive capacity of an organism under optimum environmental…

Q: If you had to monitor an ecosystem for evidence of pollution, what are one or two indicator species…

A: Ecosystem monitoring for pollution level detection is usually carried out by the indicator species.…

Q: Find out about the niche of wolves in their community. Determine if they are a keystone species.…

A: Wolves are important carnivores in an ecosystem that habitat the top level in a natural food chain.…

Q: A group of ecologists want to test if an industrial effluent affects the diversity of aquatic…

A: A population can be defined as a group of individuals of the same species living in the same…

Q: Let's say this graph shows the relationship between snakes (predator) and mice (prey). Describe what…

A: In an ecosystem, species interact with each other within their ecological-webs and this interaction…

Q: In a food web, two different species can directly affect each other’s abundance via _ competition or…

A: In a food web, two different species can directly affect each other’s abundance via interspecific…

Q: Describe some ways in which humans have increased our carrying capacity over time.  Do you think…

A: carrying capacity is considered as the average number of a particular population in a particular…