How do humans differ from other species in the ability to “choose”a carrying capacity for their environment?

Q: What are some typical biological and physical factors that influence the success of organisms within…

A: A biological community can be defined as the population of all the different species that live in a…

Q: Explain how and why predator and prey populations change during Merit ?

A: Predation is all about positive/ negative interactions in which one organism consumes all or part of…

Q: Compare how gas exchange, nutrient distribution, energy acquisition occurs in major groups and use,…

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Q: How Do Consumer–Prey Interactions Shape Evolutionary Adaptations?

A: The theory of evolution was first given by Charles Darwin in his book "On Origin of Species".  The…

Q: What do you think the carrying capacity is, and what should be do about a growing population?

A: In population demographic study the carrying capacity is a very important terms. It is used to…

Q: This is a system dynamics model of the Lotka-Volterra Predator-Prey model. The two stocks in the…

A: The Lotka-Voltera model of interspecific competition is a simple mathematical model representing…

Q: What is a predator but not a prey

A: Predators are those who catch and consume individuals, and removing them from the population.A…

Q: According to the table below, what is the critical search time for seals, above which great white…

A: Optimal foraging theory predicts how an animal searches for prey or how it has the chance of taking…

Q: How Does the Ecological Niche Influence Competition?

A: An ecological niche refers to the species position within an ecosystem that demonstrates the…

Q: A trade-off for having many offspring would be that they would require a large amount of parental…

A: The concept of trade-offs is a fundamental principle in biology and evolutionary ecology. It refers…

Q: What happens when a population reaches its carrying capacity?

A: Carrying capacity is defined as a species' average population size in a particular habitat that…

Q: What happens as a population approaches carrying capacity?

A: Populace ecology is the investigation of how populaces — of plants, creatures, and different living…

Q: How does carrying capacity limit the size of a population?

A: Natural resources are present in a limited amount only. There is only a very limited amount of food…

Q: Which of the following events would decrease competition for resources in an ecosystem? a disease…

A: The structural and practical unit of ecology is the environment. It is characterized as the…

Q: Because resources are limited, natural selection will favor organisms that acquire the most food and…

A: To determine: To determine whether the given statement about optimal foraging theory is true or…

Q: Interpret the following graphs: In the graphs, the number of days are 18.. 1 day is equal to 60…

A: These two graphs are simply line graphs and shows that forgaging time and pure food or mixed food or…

Q: What evidence is there that predators can control the abundance of prey?

A: An organism that gets its food by killing and eating another organism is called a “predator”. The…

Q: How might the carrying capacity for people in the united states change if we ate more plant products…

A: 4 Tropic levels in a food chain:    Level 1: Plants and algae make their own food and are called…

Q: Define predator–prey system ?

A: Species is the basic unit of classification. It is referred to as the groups of similar living…

Q: Explain brief the role of animal husbandary in human welfare?

A: Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture which deals with the farming of cattle, poultry, fish,…

Q: What is the underlying trade-off that allows predators and herbivores to reverse the outcome of…

A: In the simple terms, a tradeoff is where one thing increases, and another must decrease.

Q: give an example and explanation of how niche differences related to diet are manifest in differences…

A: Niche: The biological niche is the sum total of all the ecological requisites and activities of…

Q: What is the difference between a primary consumer and a secondary consumer?

A: FOOD WEB:- This is the energy that is transferred from one organism to another through the eating of…

Q: explain the relationship between predator and prey. Identify the patterns that exist in the dynamic…

A: An ecosystem consists of different species of organisms that interact and live together. All of the…

Q: hy do we need to know if an area is suceptible for herbivory and what is the indication if an area…

A: Herbivory is an agricultural nightmare. Hard sowed plants can be uprooted in seconds by grazing…

Q: Understand what the carrying capacity of a population is.

A: Population ecology is the study of the processes that affect the distribution and abundance of…

Q: Total Food (6) pa here are trees. The sea ice upon which Adélies depend is frozen ocean water. Sea…

A: The data in the figure plotted food delivered on Y axis at respective ice concentration on X axis

Q: During the drought of 1977 on the island of Daphne Major, which of the following answers correctly…

A: Birds have evolved from dinosaurs. Every bird possesses a unique structure called beak which is used…

Q: What does a diversification of household imply for the society? For the resilience in the ecosystem?

A: In a more contemporary view, family diversity refers to a broad range of characteristic or…

Q: Predators manage the population size of their prey through two methods: consumptive effects and non…

A: Consumptive effects of predators refer to the direct killing and consumption of prey individuals…

Q: When populations of ocean perch and herring are reduced, which other species in this ecosystem are…

A: The food chain is a linear pathway that shows the unidirectional flow of energy among organisms in…

Q: For the city of London, England, how large is the supply area required to provide the input…

A: As individuals, we are locked into unsustainable patterns of consumption through the choices…

Q: What are some factors that cause a population to reach carrying capacity?

A: Logistic growth is S shaped growth curves in which population growth rapidly when competition is…

Q: Why is functional response to prey density important in ecological research?

A: Biology is a branch of science. Bio means life and ology means study. Biology is basically the study…

Q: Define the following terms: per capita rate of increase, environmentalresistance, and carrying…

A: The animals and plants, along with some abiotic factors depend on each other for survivability. This…

Communities and Ecosystems

Ecology contains two words: Eikos means dwelling, and logy means to study, so the combined meaning is studying habitat or living.