Community Structure in Ecology
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Which term refers to the count of the number of species present in a community?

  • Simpson's index
  • abundance
  • richness (correct)
  • dominants
  • What is the term for the percentage of individuals in a community that belong to one species?

  • dominants
  • abundance (correct)
  • rank-abundance
  • Simpson's index
  • What type of diagram plots each species in a community, beginning with the most abundant and ending with the least abundant?

  • Simpson's index
  • rank-abundance (correct)
  • abundance
  • dominants
  • Which index represents the probability that two individuals randomly selected from a sample will belong to the same species?

    <p>Simpson's index</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are species called when they are most prevalent in a community?

    <p>dominants</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term refers to the count of the number of species present in a community?

    <p>richness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the percentage of individuals in a community that belong to one species?

    <p>abundance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of diagram plots each species in a community, beginning with the most abundant and ending with the least abundant?

    <p>rank-abundance diagram</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which index represents the probability that two individuals randomly selected from a sample will belong to the same species?

    <p>Simpson's index</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are species called when they are most prevalent in a community?

    <p>dominants</p> Signup and view all the answers

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