BSC 385 Exam #3 questions well
answered passed
succession converges on a single climax - correct answer ✔✔According to the Clementina
diagram
can tolerate harsh abiotic conditions - correct answer ✔✔Pioneer species
early species facilitate colonization by later species - correct answer ✔✔In the facilitation model
of succession
when competition structures a community - correct answer ✔✔Niches should be widely
separated in niche space
species from different guilds are less likely to coexist - correct answer ✔✔What is NOT a
prediction of the Bowers and Brown study of desert rodent communities?
biogeochemical cycling of nutrients - correct answer ✔✔What is the cycle between living and
non-living compartments?
the nitrogen cycle requires specialized organisms - correct answer ✔✔The carbon cycle differs
from the nitrogen cycle in that it?
habitat specialization, low reproductive rate, large body size - correct answer ✔✔What are the
characteristics that increases the risk of extinction?
answered passed
succession converges on a single climax - correct answer ✔✔According to the Clementina
diagram
can tolerate harsh abiotic conditions - correct answer ✔✔Pioneer species
early species facilitate colonization by later species - correct answer ✔✔In the facilitation model
of succession
when competition structures a community - correct answer ✔✔Niches should be widely
separated in niche space
species from different guilds are less likely to coexist - correct answer ✔✔What is NOT a
prediction of the Bowers and Brown study of desert rodent communities?
biogeochemical cycling of nutrients - correct answer ✔✔What is the cycle between living and
non-living compartments?
the nitrogen cycle requires specialized organisms - correct answer ✔✔The carbon cycle differs
from the nitrogen cycle in that it?
habitat specialization, low reproductive rate, large body size - correct answer ✔✔What are the
characteristics that increases the risk of extinction?
