Question

Which of the following is NOT a reason that tropical climates harbor more species richness?

more solar energy to support primary production

tropical communities are older due to no ice ages

more competitive coexistence

all of these favor species richness in tropical climates A species mimics the appearance of a species that has a defense the mimic lacks. This is an example of _______________ mimicry. Mullerian Dohertian Batesian Darwinian Predator-prey oscillations indicate the size of Canadian lynx populations is largely determined by: territorial area habitat selection number of available mates number of snowshoe hares

Answer 1

All of the options favour for species richness in tropical climates because higher primary production leads to greater biodiversity, also they are age old and there are numerous habitats available for the species and the coexistence of competitors obviously favours species richness.

It is Batesian mimicry. In Batesian mimicry a species mimics the harmful species so that predator misunderstands it as harmful or noxious to eat and thus gets escape to be preyed upon.

Canadian lynx population depends upon all the factors given however is largely determined by the presence of snowshoe hares, its prey.