List of top Zoology Questions on Population ecology asked in AP EAPCET

Assertion (A): Closely related species of warbler birds co-exist on the same tree. Reason (R): The behavioral differences in their foraging activities exhibit competitive release.

Assertion (A): Species is an ecological unit. Reason (R): It shares the same ecological niche.

Assertion (A): According to Gause, two species competing for the same limiting resource cannot coexist indefinitely in the same habitat. Reason (R): Competing species promote resource partitioning.

Choose the correct statements:
1. Population is a group of organisms belonging to a species living in a particular area.
2. Populations of different species in a given habitat, interacting with one another constitute a community.
3. Population is a group of organisms belonging to different species.

In the logistic growth equation: \[ \frac{dN}{dT} = rN \left[ \frac{K - N}{K} \right] \] What does the variable ‘r’ represent?