A flock of flamingoes spent the summer at Lake Okeechobee in…
A flock of flamingoes spent the summer at Lake Okeechobee in Florida. When they arrived, there were 100 birds in the population. Over five months the population experienced 20 deaths, 10 births, 20 emigrants, and 10 immigrants. Over this period, the population experienced…
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Use the following scenario to answer questions 24 – 27. 30 years ago, a ship sank off the coast of Argentina. A few rats escaped the sinking ship and swam to a remote island. The island was covered in ferns, and lizards spent their days sunbathing and consuming the ferns. When they arrived, the stranded rats began consuming the ferns as well, and their population grew. The diagram below depicts the size of the populations of the three species in the thirty years following the introduction of rats to the island. The interaction between the rats and the ferns would be considered…
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