In: Biology
Match the following terms with the correct explanation
1) Robert Paine’s studies of the effects of starfish predation on the rocky intertidal community |
a)Light, temperature, latitude |
2)Charles Darwin | b)Evolutionary change over successive generations due to the process of natural selection |
3)Thomas Malthus | c) Small boulders = low diversity because species can’t tolerate high rates of boulder turnover,medium boulders = highest diversity because competitive exclusion is prevented by intermediate disturbance, large boulders = low diversity because of competitive exclusion in the absence of disturbance |
4)Connell & Sousa’s study of the rocky intertidal community | d) Exponential population growth |
5)Large scale abiotic factors that determine ecosystem diversity |
e)Presence of a “Keystone Predator” increases local community diversity by preventing competitive exclusion |
1)Robert Paine’s studies of the effects of starfish predation on the rocky intertidal community | e)Presence of a “Keystone Predator” increases local community diversity by preventing competitive exclusion. |
2)Charles Darwin | b)Evolutionary change over successive generations due to the process of natural selection. |
3)Thomas Malthus | d) Exponential population growth. |
4)Connell & Sousa’s study of the rocky intertidal
communityb)Evolutionary change over successive generations due to
the process of natural selection |
c)Small boulders = low diversity because species can’t tolerate high rates of boulder turnover,medium boulders = highest diversity because competitive exclusion is prevented by intermediate disturbance, large boulders = low diversity because of competitive exclusion in the absence of disturbance. |
5)Large scale abiotic factors that determine ecosystem diversity | a)Light, temperature, latitude. |