61. Greene and colleagues studied Zonosemata flies to see if their wing displays and markings deterred spider predators. They set up five experimental groups, as shown below: A в D E Treatment Zonosemata untreated Zonosemata Zonosemata with housefly wings Housefly with Zonosemata wings Housefly untreated with own wings cut and reglued What is the purpose of group D in the preceding figure? a. To examine the effects of the markings alone. b. To examine the effects another prey item. c. To examine the effects of the behavior alone. d. To examine the combined effects of the markings and behavior. To control for the operation of removing the wings. 62. You are asked to determine plant species diversity in a prairie patch. To determine how many samples to take you construct a a. species-area; the curve intercepts the x-axis b. species-area; the curve reaches an asymptote c. species-area; the curve displays damped oscillations d. rank-abundance; the curve intercepts the x-axis e. rank-abundance; the curve reaches an asymptote curve and keep taking samples until: 63. To show that the distribution of one plant species (species A) is due to competitive exclusion by a second species (species B), you could perform which of the following experiments: a. transplant species A into stands of species B

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61. Greene and colleagues studied Zonosemata flies to see if their wing displays and markings deterred
spider predators. They set up five experimental groups, as shown below:
A
в
D
E
Treatment Zonosemata
untreated
Zonosemata
Zonosemata
with housefly
wings
Housefly with
Zonosemata
wings
Housefly
untreated
with own
wings cut and
reglued
What is the purpose of group D in the preceding figure?
a. To examine the effects of the markings alone.
b. To examine the effects another prey item.
c. To examine the effects of the behavior alone.
d. To examine the combined effects of the markings and behavior.
To control for the operation of removing the wings.
62. You are asked to determine plant species diversity in a prairie patch. To determine how many
samples to take you construct a
a. species-area; the curve intercepts the x-axis
b. species-area; the curve reaches an asymptote
c. species-area; the curve displays damped oscillations
d. rank-abundance; the curve intercepts the x-axis
e. rank-abundance; the curve reaches an asymptote
curve and keep taking samples until:
63. To show that the distribution of one plant species (species A) is due to competitive exclusion by a
second species (species B), you could perform which of the following experiments:
a. transplant species A into stands of species B
b. transplant species B into stands of species A
c. clear areas in patches of species A, exclude species A and observe if species B gets
established
d. clear areas in patches of species B, exclude species B and observe if species A gets
established
e. clear a large area and observe which species (A or B) establishes first
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Transcribed Image Text:61. Greene and colleagues studied Zonosemata flies to see if their wing displays and markings deterred spider predators. They set up five experimental groups, as shown below: A в D E Treatment Zonosemata untreated Zonosemata Zonosemata with housefly wings Housefly with Zonosemata wings Housefly untreated with own wings cut and reglued What is the purpose of group D in the preceding figure? a. To examine the effects of the markings alone. b. To examine the effects another prey item. c. To examine the effects of the behavior alone. d. To examine the combined effects of the markings and behavior. To control for the operation of removing the wings. 62. You are asked to determine plant species diversity in a prairie patch. To determine how many samples to take you construct a a. species-area; the curve intercepts the x-axis b. species-area; the curve reaches an asymptote c. species-area; the curve displays damped oscillations d. rank-abundance; the curve intercepts the x-axis e. rank-abundance; the curve reaches an asymptote curve and keep taking samples until: 63. To show that the distribution of one plant species (species A) is due to competitive exclusion by a second species (species B), you could perform which of the following experiments: a. transplant species A into stands of species B b. transplant species B into stands of species A c. clear areas in patches of species A, exclude species A and observe if species B gets established d. clear areas in patches of species B, exclude species B and observe if species A gets established e. clear a large area and observe which species (A or B) establishes first 16
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