根据“When experimental populations are set up under simple laboratory conditions, the predator often wipes out its prey and then becomes extinct itself. However, if safe areas like those prey animals have in the wild are provided, the prey population drops to low level but not extinction.”...
How do population ecologists quantitatively describe such a population? (Figure 1). Figure 1: Changes in a population of Paramecium over a six day period Each individual in the population divides once per day. The Exponential Equation is a Standard Model Describing the Growth of a Single ...
What are the three research methods typically used by ecologists? Why do scientists classify organisms? How are pellets used to study ecology? How do animals help in maintaining ecological balance? How does taxonomy help scientists? Why are scientists concerned about invasive species?
What is a paradigm? How do paradigms influence science? Use specific ecological examples. What are the practical goals of restoration ecologists? What is the significance of ecological succession? Give two specific examples of how basic ecology can be applied. That is, in what ways can ecological...
Many people in the West have never even heard of the pangolin, yet this "scaly anteater" is the source of a billion-dollar criminal industry that threatens to push it to extinction. BBC Future met a team of Hong Kong's ecologists and activists trying to save these creatures from extinction...
Population cycles are characteristic of small mammals,and they sometimes appear to be brought about by predators.Ecologists studying hare populations have found that the North American snowshoe hare follows a roughly ten-year cycle.Its numbers fall tenfold to thirty in a typical cycle,and a ...
Population cycles are characteristic of small mammals,and they sometimes appear to be brought about by predators.Ecologists studying hare populations have found that the North American snowshoe hare follows a roughly ten-year cycle.Its numbers fall tenfold to thirty in a typical cycle,and a hundredf...
This has led to problems for conservation ecologists due to increased numbers of reported human-wildlife encounters. Deer are often found in public spaces and are of particular concern. Previous research suggests elevated levels of stress hormones (e.g., cor...
How do ecologists use diagrams to study ecological relationships? How does climate change affect ecosystems? How do ecosystem services help in mitigating climate change? How does reforestation affect the carbon cycle? How can global warming influence invasive species' activity? What influences an ecologi...
How do ecologists use diagrams to study ecological relationships? How are ecology, biospheres and ecosystems related? What is the relationship between ecology and environmental science? How are ecology and the environment related? How does ocean acidification affect marine ecosystems? How does an ...