Biogeography

In which island region can lemurs be found?

• Caribbean

• New Zealand

• Madagascar

• Greenland

The Pampas is a low-level grassland home to guanaco and bush dogs. This ecosystem is located in...

• Eurasia

• South America

• Africa

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Leopards are tertiary consumers found in...

• The Brazilian Cerrado

• The Congo Rainforest

• The Australian Outback

• The Eurasian Steppe

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The study of rates of colonization and extinction of species on islands or other isolated areas is known as

• The study of Islandology

• Genetic drift

• Demographic bottleneck

• Island biogeography

The theory of island biogeography suggests that species richness is affected by which of the following factors?

I. island distance from mainland

II. how the island is formed

III. island size

• II only

• III only

• I and III

• II and III

Which of these ecosystems would be most likely to recover?

• a temperate forest with average biodiversity that loses many types of trees due to a fire

• a tropical rainforest with high biodiversity that loses a species of fig tree due to a type of fungus

• a desert that has low biodiversity and loses all of the saguaro cacti that are growing there

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What is habitat diversity?

• Diversity within a species

• # of species and abundance in the community

• How many different habitats are in a region

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What is the main focus of biogeography?

• Distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space and through geological time

• The genetic variation within a species

• The chemical processes within living organisms

• The study of ancient human societies

Which of the following factors is NOT typically considered in biogeography?

• Climate

• Soil composition

• Species' genetic makeup

• Plate tectonics

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Who is known as the father of biogeography?

• Charles Darwin

• Alfred Russel Wallace

• Carl Linnaeus

• Gregor Mendel