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 |
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 |
All the following relations are examples of commensalism except:
1. | Sea anemone and clown fish |
2. | Cattle egret and grazing cattle |
3. | Barnacles growing on the back of whale |
4. | Cuscuta growing on hedge plants |