Ecology Answers

i. What is the difference between Weak Sustainability and False Assumptions?

ii. There are some economic tools for sustainability that can be put into practice. Give at least four.

What is population ecology and why is it easier to study plant population than animal

population? Explain why populations cannot continue to increase indefinitely?

1. Based on your observations, propose one hypothesis to explain what you see. Consider abiotic factors, intraspecific (i.e. same species), and interspecific (i.e. different species) competition. How would you test your hypothesis? Provide enough explanation to allow any other student in the class to understand your idea and how you would go about testing that idea. Feel free to revisit the old field to expand your observations. (Maximum 1 double-spaced page)

How does species loss affect the extinction risk of the remaining species?

What are the key determinants of the future magnitude of marine and terrestrial carbon sinks?

Observations of the nitrogen cycle in a pond

Environmentalists are monitoring an area of tropical forest that is being deforested because of human activities. The graph here shows the scientists predictions based on the data they have collected .How is the ecosystem likely to change as a result? Select the two correct answers. A Soil enrichment B. An increase in oxygen Loss of habitat of species

Two different islands on the Swedish west coast have different dense populations of hares. What could be the reasons for this?