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After the eruption at Krakatoa the original island was lost and land was covered by lava and many meters of ash. Over time, the community has recovered. This is an example of which type of succession?

What metric do we use to quantify diversity? __________________

What are the assumptions of Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium? , , , , and

The male golden frog is waving as an intraspecific signal. This means that 

Why do copulations only last ~22 min in Bittacus apicalis? 

The relationship between body mass and density within the habitat is generally

Please complete the table with the missing words. You may ONLY use the following words and these are case sensitive (i.e., capitalization matters). No other responses will be accepted. No additional words or explanations can be provided, only type these words in the available spaces. These words can be repeated as many times as you feel necessary. This is the list of acceptable terms, again, no credit will be provided for any other response: Few, Large, Many, Slow, Small Trait Early Succession/Pioneer Late Succession/Climax Species Number of seeds Seed size Mode of dispersal Wind or stuck to animals Gravity or eaten by animals Seed viability Long Short Root-shoot ratio Low High Growth Rate Fast Size at Maturity Large Shade Tolerance Low High

The figure below shows data on the survivorship of the salamander Eurycea wilderae. What type of survivorship does this represent?  

A population of caterpillars has skin coloration that is codominant. In this case, there are three distinct color phenotypes: red (homozygous dominant), yellow (homozygous recessive), and orange (heterozygote). All three of these phenotypes are inherited. Birds preferentially feed on these orange caterpillars. The caterpillars also face pressures from parasitic wasps, which lay their eggs inside of their bodies! This is obviously harmful, but the orange orange caterpillars have the ability to defend themselves against parasitic wasps by encapsulating wasp eggs so they will not develop. Thus, the orange phenotype results in some cost, but persists within the population for multiple reasons. This most closely relates to which concept that we learned about in class?

The following plot shows the proportion of male geckos born to different family groups based on rearing temperature. This shows that unlike other gecko traits that are plastic, sex ratio shows very little plasticity.