Evolution, viewed on a small scale, as it relates to changes in a single gene or allele frequency in a population over time, is called __________.

The ultimate source of energy for reactions in a plant is __________.

What is produced during the citric acid cycle?

Community ecology is best defined as the study of

The coefficient of relatedness of a human child to its full sibling is, on average,

Communal courting areas are called

In birds, when females choose males based on their coloration, this is an example of

What kind of molecular information is commonly used to study phylogeny among species that diverged from a common ancestor relatively long ago?

You decide to volunteer at a community garden and are assigned to tend six equally sized vegetable beds. Three of the beds contain only tomato plants, while the other three contain tomatoes as well as snow peas, bell peppers, cucumbers, okra, and broccoli. You work hard all summer and fall, tending the plants through insect attacks, diseases, and severe summer storms. You harvest vegetables every three days and start to notice a pattern. The mixed vegetable plots consistently produce 4 pecks (a unit of dry goods measurement) each at every harvest, while the tomato only plots produce between 1-6 pecks each at every harvest. The garden director notices the pattern as well, and knowing you are a biology student, she asks you for an explanation. What concept or hypothesis do you cite in your response?

In ecology, the term density refers to