Large-Scale Experiments Conducted in Oak Forests of the Northeastern United

question 45

Multiple Choice

Large-scale experiments conducted in oak forests of the northeastern United States linked bumper acorn crops to booming mouse populations.The conclusion from these experiments is that:

• A) increased levels of first trophic level productivity cause an increase in disease vector activities.
• B) competition can result in a more limited realized niche.
• C) high biological diversity results in a decrease in Lyme disease transmission to human beings.
• D) extermination of mouse populations is the most effective way of reducing Lyme disease transmission.
• E) potential threat of Lyme disease in human beings is eliminated following a bumper crop of acorns.

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Definitions:

Variability

The extent to which data points in a dataset differ from each other and from the mean of the dataset.

Standard Deviation

The statistical measurement that calculates the spread or dispersion of a dataset relative to its mean, providing insight into the concentration of data points.

Observations

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Millions

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