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Ecology

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Set 21 Island Biogeography

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Question 1

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One of the world's biggest volcanic explosions occurred in 1883 on the island of Krakatau in Indonesia. The much reduced island that remained was called

A) Panuang
B) Sertung
C) Rakata
D) Anak Krakatau
E) Lang

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Question 2

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In the theory of island biogeography the immigration curve is curved because

A) As later species arrive, competition increases
B) More mobile species arrive more quickly than other species
C) As later species arrive, competition decreases
D) Early arriving species tend to be K-selected
E) Plants arrive first, followed by herbivores and carnivores

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Question 3

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Based on their powers of dispersal, which taxa would have the largest z value, i.e. steepest slope, in plots of species richness and island size in the Caribbean?

A) Birds
B) Bats
C) Lizards
D) Butterflies

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