BI 141 -Biology 2, Sem.

2, 2014
Tutorial Activities
Ecology
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1. What is ecology?

2. What are the two main factors that ecologist normally study?

3. Define habitat and ecological niche

4. Explain the Competitive Exclusion Principle

5. Name and explain the three types of distributions in a population

6. In a capture re-capture exercise an ecologist caught 250 birds of paradise. They were
marked and released again. After a week 500 birds were caught again. Of those birds 50
had the mark. How big is the population size?

7. Explain the term carrying capacity

8. What is a keystone species?

9. Explain what happens with an herbivory interaction and mutualism interaction. Give an
example each.

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