Scales of ecology Ecologists approach the study of organisms and their interacti

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Scales of ecology Ecologists approach the study of organisms and their interactions with the environment fr om many different levels. Categorize each of eco folowing questions according to whether t woutd mos ikelybe posed by an orgenismal population, communiy or ecosystem 1. What enables a penguin to stay underwater for so long during a dive?rganismal Ecel 2. How do Blue Jays learn to avoid eating poisonous Monarch butterflies? Community Eco 3. Why do hummingbirds expend energy defending a backyard bird feeder when there is more than enough 'nectar in the feeder for multiple hummingbirds? ICick to sect 4. Why does a Belding's Ground Squirrel give an alarm call in the presence of a predator instead of just hiding or protecting itself? 5. How do food shortages during the winter vs. the summer affect the population density of the Gray Wolf? Clck tost 6 Will the human population continue to grow exponentially for the foreseeable future? ick to select) 7. How many Northern Sawwhet Owls are migrating through the Midwest as compared to the Northeast? 8. How does the intensity of a fire impact the ablity of a prairie to rebound? (Gics to elet) C k ct 1 s 9. Beavers build a dam in a creek, and after a heavy rain a nearby neighborhood becomes flooded as the weter is prevented from flowing downstream. What would be the impact on local wildife of the removal of the beever dam? Click to seecti 10. Medium and Large Ground Finches do not differ in bill size in areas of allopatry, but they have significantly different bills sizes on an sland where they are sympatric. Why are the relative bill sizes different in areas of allopatry vs areas of sympatry?rc to 1m1. How much carbon is tied up within the biomass of the trees of a tropical reinforest and how does that impact the availability of carbon for new growth in the arear (ick to select) 12. How does the encroachment of Phragmites, an invasive plant, threaten the organisms within a newly established wetland? an o 2 How does the enc 13 How does deforestation influence the nutrient content of the soll and nearby water source Tcosysen Ecoiogist Prev Next > MacBook Air

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1. Organismal

2. Community

3. Population

4. Organismal

5. Ecosystem

6. Population

7. Population

8. Organismal

9. Ecosystem

10. Community

11. Ecosystem

12. Ecosystem

13. Ecosystem

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