In some shallow American lakes, unrelated visiting Flamingoes and resident fishes compete for the common food which is:
1. | Crustaceans | 2. | Zooplankton |
3. | Cichlid fishes | 4. | Prawns |
A process in which the fitness of one species is significantly lower in the presence of another species, is termed as :
1. | Predation | 2. | Parasitism |
3. | Competition | 4. | Amensalism |
Abingdon tortoise in Galapagos islands became extinct within a decade after goats were introduced on the island due to:
1. Habitat fragmentation
2. Better browsing efficiency of goats
3. Predator of goat attacking tortoise
4. Virus of goats parasitizing tortoise
The ‘Competitive Exclusion Principle’ was given by:
1. | Gause | 2. | Connell |
3. | Tillman | 4. | Paul Ehrlich |
A species whose distribution is restricted to a small geographical area because of the presence of a competitively superior species, is found to expand its distributional range dramatically when the competing species is experimentally removed. This is called:
1. | Competitive Exclusion | 2. | Competitive Release |
3. | Competitive Supremacy | 4. | Competitive Inclusion |
“Competitive Exclusion Principle” may be true if:
1. | The competing species are equally capable |
2. | Resource partitioning occurs |
3. | There is only intraspecific competition |
4. | Resources are limiting |
One mechanism that promotes co-existence rather than exclusion amongst competing species is:
1. | Periodic migration | 2. | Hibernation and aestivation |
3. | Resource partitioning | 4. | Reproductive isolation |
Which of the following is not an ectoparasite?
1. Lice on humans
2. Copepods on marine fishes
3. Mistletoe on other plants
4. Female Anopheles on humans
Cuckoos laying their eggs in the nests of crow is an example of:
1. | Ectoparasitism | 2. | Endopararsitism |
3. | Hyperparasitism | 4. | Brood parasitism |
An orchid growing as an epiphyte on a mango branch is an example of:
1. | Ectoparasitism | 2. | Endopararsitism |
3. | Commensalism | 4. | Mutualism |