The intermediate disturbance hypothesis predicts that community species diversity will be its highest whenGroup of answer choicesdisturbances are frequent and of low intensity.disturbances are absent.disturbances are infrequent and of low intensity.disturbances are of intermediate frequency and intermediate intensity.disturbances are frequent and of high intensity.

Species diversity is highest when ________.Group of answer choicesspecies richness is high and relative abundance is unevenly distributedspecies richness is low and relative abundance is unevenly distributedspecies richness is low and relative abundance is evenly distributedspecies richness is high and relative abundance is evenly distributed

Select all that applyHow does a resilient system respond to a disturbance?Multiple select question.Community structure is unaffected.Species diversity is preserved.It maintains its overall identity.It reorganizes its functions immediately.

A gradual change in the species composition of a community over time is termedMultiple choice question.succession.species richness.species evenness.commensalism.

Ecological character displacement will tend to reduceGroup of answer choicesdisease virulence.niche overlap between competing species.prey vulnerability to predators.the rate of escape-and-radiate coevolution.the intrinsic rate of population growth of a species.

If there is higher species diversity in a community when Species X is present than when it has been removed, you might consider Species X to be a(n)Multiple choice question.parasitic species.pioneer species.introduced species.keystone species.