Resource Partitioning Would Be Most Likely to Occur Between

question 46

Multiple Choice

Resource partitioning would be most likely to occur between

• A) sympatric populations of a predator and its prey.
• B) sympatric populations of species with similar ecological niches.
• C) sympatric populations of a flowering plant and its specialized insect pollinator.
• D) allopatric populations of the same animal species.
• E) allopatric populations of species with similar ecological niches.

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Definitions:

Hobbes

An English philosopher, best known for his political philosophy that includes the social contract theory found in his work "Leviathan."

Pristine State

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A cognitive bias where people attribute the positive behaviors of their in-group to stable, internal characteristics and negative behaviors of out-groups to their inherent qualities.

Internal Dispositions

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