Question

Optimal foraging theory suggests that differences in the diets of these two kinds of species are due to variations in their search times for food. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these two kinds of species categorized by how diverse their diets are. These two kinds of species also differ in whether they live in a wide or small habitat range.
ANSWER: generalists AND specialists [accept in either order]
[10e] Specialist species, who display a short search time for food, are often these animals with diets comprising algal and plant material.
ANSWER: herbivores
[10m] Due to their large habitat range, this process occurs less often in generalist species. The rescue effect prevents metapopulations from experiencing this process through continual migration.
ANSWER: extinction
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MTSUBelmont0101020
WUSTLGeorgia Tech C100010
USN AGeorgia Tech B1010020
ClaremontVanderbilt B010010