What Factor Predicts Male-Female Bonding Among Birds and Mammals

question 45

Multiple Choice

What factor predicts male-female bonding among birds and mammals?

• A) whether or not a female can simultaneously provide for herself and her babies
• B) greater female sexuality and higher levels of male competition
• C) an extended infant dependency period
• D) a gendered division of labor between food gathering and defending a home territory

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Definitions:

Intraspecific Competition

Competition among members of the same species for resources such as food, space, and mates, often influencing population dynamics.

Limiting Factor

A condition or resource that limits the growth, abundance, or distribution of an organism or a population within an ecosystem.

Predation

The biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey.

Competitive Exclusion

A principle stating that two species competing for the same resource cannot coexist at constant population values, if other ecological factors remain constant.