Quiz: Basics of Ecology

1. What does ‘metapopulation dynamics’ study?

2. Ecosystem ecology would focus on:

3. Which of the following would be studied under landscape ecology?

4. What is the final stable stage of ecological succession called?

5. What is ‘r-strategy’ in the context of population ecology?

6. What does the term ‘ecosystem resilience’ most closely refer to?

7. Which type of symbiosis is characterized by one species benefiting at the expense of another?

8. Which term describes the ecological succession where an area with no soil and little life (like a newly formed volcanic island) begins to develop ecosystems?

9. The ‘Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis’ suggests that:

10. A community in ecology refers to:

11. Synecology is the study of:

12. In the context of ecological succession, what does ‘facilitation’ mean?

13. Which ecological principle describes the idea that closely related species are less likely to coexist in the same ecological niche due to competition?

14. “Ecological stoichiometry” examines:

15. The concept of ‘island biogeography’ mainly deals with:

16. Which type of ecology deals with the study of how ecosystems respond to natural or human-induced disturbances?