Life Histories and Reproduction Methods Quiz

What is the life history of a species?

What is an example of a different method of reproduction mentioned in the text?

What falls upon the axis of variation in life histories?

What is a life history trait?

What is reproductive value?

What does the text suggest about kiwi birds' egg-laying behavior?

What is the concept called where mutations have a positive effect earlier in life but a negative effect when old?

In evolutionary time, what leads to the accumulation of mutations?

What causes a higher rate of senescence according to the text?

What is the term used for the situation where heterozygotes have higher reproductive success for much longer?

What concept suggests that bad mutations accumulate and have a negative effect later in life?

What does the term 'senescence' refer to in this context?

In a stable population, what happens to the reproductive value as individuals age?

What is the principle of allocation in the context of resource distribution for organisms?

Which scenario best exemplifies the trade-off concept discussed in the text?

What is the hidden assumption that ruins the idea of changing to semelparity giving one more offspring at a cost?

What happens to the reproductive success of plants in dry sites according to the text?

What does senescence refer to in the context of organisms?

What does the principle of allocation suggest about resource distribution?

What does iteroparous mean in the context of organism reproduction?

What is meant by semelparity in terms of organism reproduction?

What does the text imply about the reproductive value of individuals as they age?

What does the evidence suggest about the relationship between larval survival and other life history traits?

What term describes the situation where one species prevents another from occupying a niche by being superior?

Which mechanism is driven by similar mechanisms, but it leads to changes in the behavior of another species due to resource use/allocation?

In the context of species interacting via resources such as stealing food, what is this an example of?

In the context of bird species eating seeds, what does the term 'trait usefulness' refer to?

In the context of the expected density/distribution of trait sizes in animals due to resource exploitation, what is measured by the K curve?

What does the term 'exploitation of resource' refer to in the context of birds and seed sizes?

What is the term used to describe the phenomenon where a species rapidly diversifies into multiple new forms, each adapted to a specific environment?

In the context of sticklebacks, what does the term 'limnetic habitat' refer to?

What is the impact of character displacement on gill raker length in stickleback species?

What gene seems to increase in frequency in response to predation in sticklebacks?

What term is used to describe the pattern of character displacement observed in finches with different beak sizes?

What factor led to a change in beak size in finches after the drought in 1970's?

In the context of sticklebacks, what does 'canine diameter' refer to?

What does the lack of overlap of canine diameter across different weasel species suggest?

What do traits more widely separated than randomly generated/separated traits indicate according to the text?

What term best describes the situation where heterozygotes have higher reproductive success for much longer?

What does the principle of allocation suggest about resource distribution?

What term is used to describe an evolutionary change that occurs when two similar species inhabit the same environment?

What is the term for species that do not have overlapping geographic ranges?

What does character displacement refer to in the context of species interaction?

In the context of sympatric species, what can be observed when individuals compete for the same resource?

What does the term 'allopatry' refer to in the context of species distribution?

What is the primary characteristic of sympatric species?

What is the term for the situation where heterozygotes have higher reproductive success than either corresponding homozygote?

'Competitive exclusion' refers to which scenario?

What does the term 'competitive exclusion' refer to in the context of species interaction?

What does the term 'exploitation of resource' refer to in the context of species interaction?

What is meant by 'character displacement' in the context of species interaction?

What does the term 'exploitation' refer to in the context of species interaction?

What is the key characteristic of 'competitive exclusion' in the context of species interaction?

In what way does 'exploitation' impact species interaction?

What is the term used to describe the phenomenon where two similar species inhabit the same environment?

What is the term for species that do not have overlapping geographic ranges?

What does character displacement refer to in the context of species interaction?

What is the term for the situation where heterozygotes have higher reproductive success for much longer?

What is meant by semelparity in terms of organism reproduction?

What concept suggests that bad mutations accumulate and have a negative effect later in life?

What is the primary characteristic of sympatric species?

What gene seems to increase in frequency in response to predation in sticklebacks?

What happens to the reproductive success of plants in dry sites according to the text?

What concept refers to the situation where one species prevents another from occupying a niche by being superior?

What term describes a situation where mutations have a positive effect earlier in life but a negative effect when old?

What is an example of a method used to study character displacement in stickleback fish?

What is the term used to describe the pattern of character displacement observed in finches with different beak sizes?

What gene seems to increase in frequency in response to predation in sticklebacks?

What term best describes the situation where heterozygotes have higher reproductive success than either corresponding homozygote?

What does the lack of overlap of canine diameter across different weasel species suggest?

What is meant by semelparity in terms of organism reproduction?

What is the term for the situation where one species prevents another from occupying a niche by being superior?

What is the impact of character displacement on gill raker length in stickleback species?

In evolutionary time, what leads to the accumulation of mutations?