Lizards can control spider populations on Caribbean islands by which density-dependent mechanism(s)?
a. predation only
b. competition only
c. predation on a common predator only
d. predation and competition
e. predation, competition, and predation on a common predator
ANSWER: d
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a. equilibrium theory of island biogeography b. facilitation hypothesis c. inhibition hypothesis d. intermediate hypothesis e. tolerance hypothesis
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A) changes an amino acid in the encoded protein B) has no effect on the amino acid sequence of the encoded protein C) introduces a premature stop codon into the mRNA D) alters the reading frame of the mRNA
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