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Assignment 3 2022

This document contains a 10 question quiz on wildlife ecology concepts with the correct answers bolded. The questions cover topics like types of species interactions (e.g. commensalism), behaviors (e.g. allo grooming), examples of interactions (e.g. birds on giraffes), definitions (e.g. of harmonious interactions), and principles of behavior study (e.g. Hamilton's rule equation). The purpose is to test knowledge of key concepts in wildlife ecology.

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Assignment 3 2022

This document contains a 10 question quiz on wildlife ecology concepts with the correct answers bolded. The questions cover topics like types of species interactions (e.g. commensalism), behaviors (e.g. allo grooming), examples of interactions (e.g. birds on giraffes), definitions (e.g. of harmonious interactions), and principles of behavior study (e.g. Hamilton's rule equation). The purpose is to test knowledge of key concepts in wildlife ecology.

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Wildlife Ecology: Assignment 3

The correct answer is in bold.

S. No. Question

1 Egrets with buffaloes are an example of


a. colony
b. commensalism
c. protocooperation
d. allelopathy

2 I observe a monkey take a tick out of another monkey's head and eat it. In the social context, this
behaviour would be called
a. tick hunting
b. auto grooming
c. allo grooming
d. foraging

3 Birds on giraffe are an example of


a. colony
b. commensalism
c. protocooperation
d. allelopathy

4 Harmonious interactions occur where


a. at least one participant is benefited
b. at least one participant is unharmed
c. both participants are benefitted
d. both participants are unharmed

5 I observe a bird take a tick out of another bird's head and eat it. In the social context, this
behaviour would be called
a. tick hunting
b. auto grooming
c. allo grooming
d. foraging

6 The interaction between exotic shrubs and trees through the action of seed predators is an
example of
a. infraspecific competition
b. apparent competition
c. disguised competition
d. harmonious competition

7 Trampling of grass due to the movement of animals is an example of


a. mutualism
b. amensalism
c. commensalism
d. protocooperation

8 The scientific study of animal behaviour is called


a. behaviourism
b. ecology
c. ethology
d. prey-predator dynamics

9 An inventory of behaviours exhibited by an animal during a behaviour exercise is called


a. ecogram
b. ethogram
c. behaviourogram
d. animalogram

10 Hamilton's rule can be stated as


a. rB < C
b. rB > C
c. rB = C
d. rB + C = 0

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