Biological Science (6th Edition)
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Author: Scott Freeman, Kim Quillin, Lizabeth Allison, Michael Black, Emily Taylor, Greg Podgorski, Jeff Carmichael
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Chapter 52, Problem 6TYU
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The statement that states that the species try to increase their fitness by helping friendly species and hurting enemy species.
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The species do not have conscious thought and they cannot make decisions. The species comprises diverse individuals, who possess varying traits.
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Interaction exhibited by the organisms named cat and rat is called;
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interspecific competition
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defence mechanisms AND interspecific competition
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Name the type of interaction in which one species is harmed while other is neither benefitted nor harmed?
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- explain the following Effects of wild life depletion Unbalanced food chain and ecosystem Reduction in rare wild animals Danger to human life Impact on biodiversity Loss of economic value Loss of genetic informationarrow_forwardMark Recapture can be written as M N = R Define each term. Use this equation to answer the following question. Show your work. A biologist for Mosaic fertilizer company catches 26 Florida scrub jays as part of their monthly environmental monitoring. Each bird is given a band. The next month, they catch 32 birds. 13 of the birds have bands. What is the estimated population size of the birds in that area?arrow_forwardDescribe two interspecific interactions where both species benefit and both species are at a disadvantage. Identify the interaction.arrow_forward
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- Explain the similarities and differences between intraspecific competition among species an interspecific competition Similarities Differencesarrow_forwardPlease help me answer this in 10 sentences only. In the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD), the precautionary principle read “when there is a threat of significant reduction or loss of biological diversity, lack of full scientific uncertainty should not be used as a reason for postponing measure to minimize or avoid threat”. What is the application of this principle to straddling fish stocks and migratory fishes? Thank you very much for your helparrow_forwardAside from mutualism, commensalism, and cooperation. Give another example of positive interaction. And explain it briefly. Thank you!arrow_forward
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