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प्रश्न
What does the term ‘Frugivorous’ mean?
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उत्तर
Frugivorous means fruit-eating organisms.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
The following graph shows the species-area relationship. Answer the following questions as directed.
(a) Name the naturalist who studied the kind of relationship shown in the graph. Write the observations made by him.
(b) Write the situations as discovered by the ecologists when the value of ‘Z’
(Slope of the line) lies between:
- 0.1 and 0.2
- 0.6 and 1.2
What does ‘Z’ stand for?
(c) When would the slope of the line ‘b’ become steeper?
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Short answer type question
Tropical regions exhibit species richness as compared to polar regions. Justify.
Which of the following hypothesis states: Rich species diversity leads to lesser variation in biomass production over a period of time.
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Which of the following is an observation of Alexander von Humboldt's documented pattern in ecology?
The graph of species richness and area for a number of taxa like angiospermic plants, freshwater fishes, and birds is found to be ______.
Which of these is true about tropical environments?
Which of these is true about tropical environments?
Which of these is true about tropical environments?
The pattern of biodiversity is affected by ______.
"Species richness increased with increased explored area but only a limit". This statement was given by.
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Which one of the following is not a major characteristic feature of biodiversity hot spots?
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Given below is an equation describing the Species-Area relationship between species richness and area for a wide variety of taxa as angiosperm plants, birds, bats etc. S = CAz
- Give a graphical representation of the given equation showing Species-Area relationship.
- What does 'S' represent in the given equation?
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Who observed that within a region, species richness increased with increasing explored area, to a certain limit?
