Which is correct relationship between habitat disturbance and biodiversity- (1) Areas with no habitat disturbance tends to have high biodiversity (2) Areas with high habitat disturbance tends to have high […]
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CSIR NET Life Science Previous Year Questions and Solution on Ecology
What Defines r-Selected Species? Large Number of Small Progeny Explained
89.Which statement is correct for r-selected species? (1) Large number of progeny with large size (2) Small number of progeny with large size (3) Large number of progeny with small […]
CSIR NET Life Science Previous Year Questions and Solution on Community Ecology
Why Mangroves Support High Bird Diversity: The Role of Food Diversity in Productive Ecosystems
Mangroves are highly productive ecosystem and rich in bird diversity because (1) Lack of structural diversity (2) high food diversity (3) More number of predators that feed on birds (4) […]
CSIR NET Life Science Previous Year Questions and Solution on Community Ecology
Why Swamps and Marshes Have High Productivity but Low Biodiversity
Swamps and marshes are area of higher primary productivity but low in overall species biodiversity because (1) Energy is not available to next tropic level (2) Due to lack of […]
CSIR NET Life Science Previous Year Questions and Solution on Ecology
r- and K-Selection: Understanding Adaptive Strategies in Ecology
There are diverse ecological adaptive strategies in which some organism are favored due to more energy investment on their reproductive rate while other are favoured on basis of investing large […]
CSIR NET Life Science Previous Year Questions and Solution on Ecology
What Characterizes a Population With Low Intrinsic Growth Rate? Understanding Life-History Traits
The characteristic of a population with low value of intrinsic growth (r = 0.2) is (1) Late sexual maturity and small clutch size (2) Early sexual maturity and small clutch […]
CSIR NET Life Science Previous Year Questions and Solution on Community Ecology
Why Maximum Biodiversity Occurs in the Tropics: Exploring the Latitudinal Diversity Gradient
Maximum biodiversity occurs at- (1) Tropics (2) Equator (3) Temperate (4) poles Biodiversity—the variety of life forms on Earth—does not distribute evenly across the globe. One of the most well-documented […]
CSIR NET Life Science Previous Year Questions and Solution on Ecology
Key Features of K-Selected Species: Delayed Reproduction and Life-History Strategies
Characteristic feature of K-selected species is (1) High intrinsic rate of growth (2) Small size and large number of offsprings (3) First reproduction at later stage of life (4) Short […]
CSIR NET Life Science Previous Year Questions and Solution on Community Ecology
Species Richness: The True Measure of Biodiversity in an Area
Species richness can be measured with the: (1) abundance of species in an area. (2) number and the abundance of species in an area. (3) number of species in an […]
CSIR NET Life Science Previous Year Questions and Solution on Ecology
High Parental Care in Organisms: Why Iteroparity Is the Key Reproductive Strategy
The organism with high parental care will also show (1) Semelparity (2) Iteroperety (3) Maturation at early stage (4) Small sized offsprings Introduction In the natural world, reproductive strategies vary […]
