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MIDLANDS ST,\TE UNIVERSITY

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FACULTY OF SCIENC:e and technology

DEPARTMENT OF BI<^LOGICAL SCIENCES

BSc HONOURS IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES SEMESTER 1 AND

2 Examinations 2004
HBIO 103: ECOL,OGY 1

DURATION: 2 HOURS (100 MARJCS) DATE: JUNE 2004

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A nsw er THI^EE questions. You must answer QUES TION 1 (SECTION A) and TW O
questions from SECTION B. Question 1 carries 20 rnarks, each question in Section B
carries 40 marks. W here a question contains subdivi sions, the m ark value o f each
subdivision is given in brackets. Illustrate your answrer, where possible w ith large clearly „
labelled diagrams.

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 SECTION A

1. Two species o f sim ilar sized antelopes coexist on the Serengeti Plains in
Tanzania. You hypothesize that the two species are com peting for food. D iscuss
the observations that could be made and the experim ents that could be carried out
to test your hypothesis.

SECTION B

2. Predation has effects on predator populations. Discuss.

3. Compare and contrast the Lotka-Volterra model o f com petition and the Lotka-
' V olterra predator - prey model.

‘ 4. W rite short notes on the following:

(a) the Com petitive Exclusion Principle; [ 8]
(b) . coexistence; [14]
(c) H utchinson’s paradox o f the plankton, and [10]
(d) - ’ the Serial Endosym biosis Theory o f eukaryotic evolution. [ 8]

5. W rite an essay on population growth. (

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