Quiz c Flashcards
A model with the lowest Akaike’s Information Criterion score has
Similar levels of support to other models with AIC scores less than 2
In the 1930s, red foxes arrived in the south-west of Australia and were reported to kill more prey than they need to satiate their dietary requirements. What is this behaviour known as?
Surplus killing
Which of these species travels frequently by brachiation?
Gibbon
Who is Przewalski’s horse Equus ferus named after?
Nikolai Przhevalsky (1839-1888)
How many pairs of chromosomes does the average human possess in their body cells?
23
How many bison (Bison bison) are estimated to have roamed North America in the 19th Century?
60 million
Where are the world’s tallest elephants found - standing up to 4.21 m?
Damaraland, Namibia
The latitudinal diversity gradient suggests species richness is likely to be highest where?
Equator
Gould’s mouse Pseudomys gouldii was abundant in Australia prior to European settlement, afterwhich cats, rats and habitat alteration drove them extinct by 1857. Who was it named for?
Elizabeth Gould
A species that increases or decreases the diversity of a system is a
Keystone species
Modern scientific classification dates back to the 18th Century pubication of Systema Naturae by Swedish botanist and explorer
Carl Linnaeus
An individual with two different alleles at a given locus is considered
Heterozygous
Combination of an ecosystem state and environmental condition that persists and to which the system returns following perturbations is known as
Stable equilibrium
The retention of juvenile characteristics in an adult is
Neotony
What acronym is used to describe the effort to create a financial value for the carbon stored in forests?
REDD
A root growing from a branch of a fig is known as what?
Adventitious root
The assumption that objects directly on the survey line are always detected is important to
Distance sampling
The tendancy of plants to grow towards the sun is
Phototropism
At 3.96 m high, 10.6 m long and 12.24 tons, with a forefoot circumference of 1.8 m, where was the largest elephant ever shot recorded?
Mucusso, Angola
Benefits people obtain from ecosystems including provisioning, regulation, support and cultural services are:
Ecosystem services
