The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions Quiz

David Quammen

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What was Bedo's reputation? (from The Song of the Indri)

A ladies man.

A gadfly.

An indispensable help.

A nuisance.

2.

What is a trophic cascade? (from Rarity Unto Death)

The interrelation between species.

The result of change in one species' hunting habits.

The cycle of expansion and contraction in animal populations.

The consequences of habitat depletion.

3.

What did Wilson and MacArthur argue influenced the number of species on an island? (from The Coming Thing)

A natural rhythm of immigration and extinction.

The altitude of its mountains.

The fertility of the soil, or temperature of the water.

The island's distance from the mainland.

4.

What were Frank Preston's findings in plotting the distribution of species in island habitats? (from Preston's Bell)

A direct proportion to represent commonness of species.

An indirect proportion to represent commonness of species.

A bell curve to represent commonness of species.

A random relationship between size of island and commonness of species.

5.

What did William Newmark determine in his findings? (from The Hedgehog of the Amazon)

That species count and reserve area correlated.

That species proliferate differently in different kinds of ecosystems.

That the number of species is less valuable than the number of predators in indicating the health of an ecosystem.

That species count and reserve area are not always correlated.

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