The greatest biodiversity would be in an ecosystem with the same number of species as other ecosystems but which has
A) no single dominant species.
B) a single dominant species that protects other less dominant species.
C) more consumers species than producer species.
D) several dominant species in intense competition with each other.
Question 2
The rosy periwinkle flower produces chemicals that are important in the treatment of several types of cancer. This medically significant plant represents the potential of
A) bioengineering.
B) genetic therapy.
C) the fields of bioinformatics and agriculture.
D) the fields of ethnobotany and bioprospecting.
Species-rich floras of chalk grassland compared to species-poor floras of acid soils.
These species are all at risk of extinction. Species with “slow†life-h
A controlled fire being set as part of ecosystem management in Jasper National Park.
Ecosystem and Balance
Conservation biology arose in response to biodiversity loss
A sample of reef biodiversity