According to the theory of island biogeography, the two main processes controlling the number of species at any given time are…
a. predation and competition
b. migration (including immigration and emigration) and extinction
c. birth and death
d. humans and weather
e. natural selection and catastrophes

Which statement best describes a keystone species? o a. it has littlelmenetic variation. it has an extremely high population. 0 b. 0 c. it remains unaffected by all environmental changes. od. it has a strong influence on the ecosystem. 0 e. it's the first species to populate a new ecosystem.

Leila has dimples because she received a gene copy from her father that coded for dimples. this means that dimples are an example of a trait that is

The tasmanian devil, a marsupial carnivore, is facing extinction due to devil facial tumor disease (dftd) which causes bulging cancerous lumps and lesions to erupt around the face and neck — often causing enough deformation to make seeing or eating difficult. dftd has evolved into a contagious cancer, a trait that is unique among cancers. devil mating behavior involves biting around the head and neck, allowing cells from one individual — especially cells from the crumbly dftd tumors — to be transferred to the wounds or face of a new individual. this marsupial was once found across australia, but sea levels rose, isolating the tasmanian population, while the australian population went extinct. what would be an outcome of genetic isolation that is likely to have impacted the spread of dftd? a) reduced territory puts diseased individuals in greater contact with non-diseased ones. b) inbreeding results in less variation in facial features so the cancer is generally fatal. c) genetic isolation has made it difficult for scientists to develop a vaccine against dftd. d) the lack of genetic variation in the immune system of tasmanian devils minimizes resistance to the disease.