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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Hedgehog of the Amazon.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What factors did Simberloff and Abele cite in their challenge to Wilson and MacArthur's hypothesis?
(a) Adaptive radiation and endemism.
(b) Competition and adaptation.
(c) Competition dispersal ability and number of species.
(d) Size change and relictualism.

2. What is a sample?
(a) The list of species in an area.
(b) The set of interrelationships that govern a particular climate and ecosystem.
(c) A defined area of a large system.
(d) The data that comes from studying an area, large or small.

3. What tragedy struck Wallace on his return to England?
(a) Someone else arrived in England a few weeks before him with similar specimens.
(b)
(c) He lost his specimens and notes in a shipwreck.
(d) He became sick and nearly died.

4. What assertion did Frank Preston make based on his data?
(a) That the earth itself is a single ecosystem, and it cannot be broken down into constituent parts without losing sight of the whole.
(b) That a national park that wanted to be a microcosm of wild species would need a large buffer zone to encourage diversity.
(c) That a national park 'microcosm' would not be representative of wild species.
(d) That a national park could contain a microcosm of the wild species.

5. Where did the dodo nest?
(a) In trees.
(b) In burrows.
(c) On the ground.
(d) In man-made structures.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Lovejoy's strategy in his plan?

2. How long did Wilson and MacArthur predict it would take for species to reach equilibrium on Krakatau?

3. What was the first species to arrive in Krakatau after the eruption?

4. How many species did Wilson and MacArthur predict would establish an equilibrium in Krakatau?

5. What does Michael Soule study?

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