Clayton and Colleagues Discovered the Relationship Between Feather-Louse Size and the Body

question 6

Multiple Choice

Clayton and colleagues discovered the relationship between feather-louse size and the body mass of their corresponding bird hosts illustrated in the figure below.What do the authors hypothesize about the mechanism of cospeciation in doves and lice from this relationship?

• A)Lice are unlikely to switch to hosts that differ in body size from their original host.
• B)Lice will tend to shift to the larger host regardless of their own size.
• C)Larger lice are always better at holding onto their hosts.
• D)Smaller lice are always better at evading the preening attempts than large lice species.

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Definitions:

Labor Demand Curve

A graphical representation of the quantity of labor employers are willing to hire at each possible wage rate, holding all other factors constant.

Elastic Demand

A situation in which the demand for a product is sensitive to price changes, with significant changes in demand occurring with small changes in price.

Resource Demand

The demand for resources or inputs (like labor, capital, and raw materials) that are necessary for production.

Elasticity of Resource Demand

Measures the responsiveness of the quantity demanded of a resource to a change in its price, indicating how changes in price influence resource allocation.