Question 1

What was the importance of the baiting program started in 1989 in southern Ontario?

Accepted Answer

A) It helped spread rabies dramatically. 
B) It caused 211 cattle to die annually of rabies in southern Ontario. 
C) It reduced the levels of rabies dramatically. 
D) It caused the levels of rabies in foxes in Ontario to be dramatically raised. 
A) It helped spread rabies dramatically. 
B) It caused 211 cattle to die annually of rabies in southern Ontario. 
C) It reduced the levels of rabies dramatically. 
D) It caused the levels of rabies in foxes in Ontario to be dramatically raised.

Question 2

Match each statement with the most appropriate survivorship curve.
-large offspring

Accepted Answer

A) type I 
B) type II 
C) type III 
A) type I 
B) type II 
C) type III

Question 3

Number of offspring and the amount of care provided to each offspring by their parents evolved along with which of the following characteristics?

Accepted Answer

A) the number of reproductive episodes 
B) the chance of survival to adulthood 
C) type of parental care 
D) fecundity 
A) the number of reproductive episodes 
B) the chance of survival to adulthood 
C) type of parental care 
D) fecundity

Question 4

Match each term with its definition.
-population density

Accepted Answer

A) population increasing steadily by a constant ratio 
B) average number of offspring produced by females during each age interval 
C) population growth slowing as population approaches K 
D) number of individuals per unit area or unit volume 
E) movement out of a population 
A) population increasing steadily by a constant ratio 
B) average number of offspring produced by females during each age interval 
C) population growth slowing as population approaches K 
D) number of individuals per unit area or unit volume 
E) movement out of a population

Question 5

Logistic population growth describes growth without limitation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 29: Population Ecology

What was the importance of the baiting program started in 1989 in southern Ontario?

Match each statement with the most appropriate survivorship curve. -large offspring

Number of offspring and the amount of care provided to each offspring by their parents evolved along with which of the following characteristics?

Match each term with its definition. -population density

Logistic population growth describes growth without limitation.

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Gene Structure and Expression

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Transport in Animals: the Circulatory System

Reproduction in Animals

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