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A hooved mammal with a four-chambered stomach that masticates, regurgitates and masticates again is a
Ruminant
Speed at which a system returns to its former state after it has been perturbed and displaced from that state is its
c) Ecological resilience
Species that gather in globally significant numbers at a particular site and at a particular time in their life cycle for feeding, breeding or resting is a
a) Congregatory species
The Order that includes manitees and dugongs is
b) Sirenia
What is metapopulation?
A metapopulation is a group of populations that are separated by space but consist of the same species. These spatially separated populations interact as individual members move from one population to another.
Who made the only collection of the now extinct Kittlitz’s plover Zootheria terrestris and Bonin Islands Grosbeak Chaunoproctus ferreorostris from Japan in 1828?
c) Friedrich von Kittlitz
Species introduced outside their normal distribution that modify ecosystems, habitats, or species are:
c) Invasive alien species
Mosquito control is a regulating ecosystem service performed by what?
d) Bats
The Arctic tern has a wingspan of 76-85 cm that it uses to migrate annually how far?
d) 80,000 km
What type of competition is occurs where there is a winner and a loser and where resources can be attained completely or not at all?
b) Contest competition
The selection of characteristics that differ substantially between two species to evolve minimal competition is
b) Character displacement
What kind of a statistical test results should be presented like - F = 9.226, N = 24, p
Regression
The non-material benefits people gain from ecosystems through spiritual enrichment, cognitive development, reflection, recreation, and aesthetic experience are
Cultural services
A plant species that seeds more than once is
Perennial
The term used to describe the variety of life on Earth is:
Biodiversity
Several threatening processes combining to hasten the decline of a population toward extinction is know as
An extinction vortex
What is the only member of the mammalian order Tubulidentata?
Aardvark
A description of the behavioural repertoire of an animal is what?
Ethogram
What is the biggest animal ever to have lived?
Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
According to Meijaard & Nijman (2014), a species that is rediscovered after being considered extinct is a
Lazarus species
Which term does not describe someone who refuses to accept human-caused climate change?
Skeptic
How does river regulation threaten fish populations?
Movement inhibition affecting spawning
The aardwolf is a member of the Hyaenidae and its main food is what?
Termites
The most common method to reduce the build up of fuels to limit the impact of bushfires is
Prescribed burning
Jacobs’ index value of 0.4 suggests a particular habitat is
Preferred
The waxy layer of cutin that protects the surface of leaves is the
Cuticle
A habitat where local mortality exceeds local reproductive success for a given species is considered a
Sink habitat
What does a detection function show?
The decline in objects observed as you move away from the transect centre line
Where does the majority of the world’s saiga antelope Saiga tatarica population persist?
Kazakstan
An animal that is active by night is
Nocturnal
