1. 5-2 Limits to Growth Objectives: You will
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limiting factor
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habitat
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niche
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5. Black-throated Green Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Figure 5.2 Sharing the wealth: Resource partitioning among five species of insect-eating warblers in the spruce forests of the U.S. state of Maine. Each species spends at least half its feeding time in its associated yellow-highlighted areas of these spruce trees.
Fig. 5-2, p. 103

6. Figure 4. 17 This giant panda is eating a stalk from a bamboo tree
Figure 4.17 This giant panda is eating a stalk from a bamboo tree. Bamboo stalks and leaves make up about 95% of the diet of this specialist species.
Fig. 4-17, p. 93

7. SPOTLIGHT Cockroaches: Nature’s Ultimate Survivors
Figure 4-A

8. Density-Dependent Factors
Wolf and Moose Populations on Isle Royale
The relationship between moose and wolves on Isle Royale illustrates how predation can affect population growth. In this example, the moose population was also affected by changes in food supply, and the wolf population was also affected by disease.
Moose Wolves
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A limiting factor that affects all populations in similar ways regardless of their size might be
drought.
disease.
predation.
crowding.
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Which of the following would be a limiting factor affecting the panda population of China?
programs that educate people about endangered species
capture of some pandas for placement in zoos
laws protecting habitat destruction
a disease that kills bamboo plants
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Parasites are most effective when a population is
large and dense.
large but sparse.
small and sparse.
small, but growing.
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If the population of a predator increases, the population of its prey is likely to
increase.
decrease.
remain about the same.
become extinct.
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Which of the following does not depend on the size of the population?
predation
disease
a destructive hurricane
parasites
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