When the feeding efficiency of one species is reduced due to the inhibitory presence of the other species, even if resources are abundant, it is called:

1.Interference competition2.Exploitative competition
3.Amensalism4.Predation

Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Competition |
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In Connell’s experiment:

1. Balanus excluded Chathamalus from the intertidal area.
2. Chathamalus excluded Balanus from the intertidal area.
3. Balanus is smaller than Chathamalus.
4. Both are equally competitive.
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In general, competition has the least impact on:

1.Plants2.Herbivores
3.Carnivores4.Both 1 and 2

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MacArthur showed that five closely related species of warblers living on the same tree were able to avoid competition and co-exist due to:

1. Behavioral differences in their foraging activities.
2. Pre-zygotic reproductive isolation mechanisms
3. Physiological differences in acclimatization
4. Gene differentiation
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Which of the following is not usually an adaptation for a parasitic mode of life?

1. Loss of unnecessary sense organs
2. Presence of adhesive organs or suckers
3. Loss of the digestive system
4. Low reproductive capacity
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The human liver fluke depends on two intermediate hosts that are:

1. A crustacean and a fish
2. A snail and a fish
3. An echinoderm and a fish
4. Fishes of two different species
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Flowers and their insect pollinators must undergo co-evolution because:

1. Without pollinators plants may get extinct
2. Plants have to reward the pollinators
3. The relationship must be safeguarded against cheaters
4. Insects are the major pollinators of plants
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The pollinator of the fig plant: 

I:  Uses fruit as an oviposition site
II:  Uses seeds for nourishing its larvae

 

1. I only 2. II only
3. Both I and II 4. None
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Autecology is the: 

1.  Relation of heterogeneous populations to their environment
2.  Relation of an individual to its environment
3.  Relation of a community to its environment
4.  Relation of a biome to its environment
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Ecotone is:

1. A polluted area

2. The bottom of a lake

3. A zone of transition between two communities

4. A zone of developing community

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