Environment & Ecology · Biotic Interactions
Consider the following statements: Statement I: Predation contributes to the stability of ecosystems by regulating population sizes of prey species. Statement II: Predators tend to eliminate weak, diseased, or less adapted individuals from prey populations. Statement III: Parasitism generally involves a long-term association in which the host is not immediately killed. Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
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- 1Neither Statement II nor Statement III is correct
- 2Only one of the Statements II and III is correct and that explains Statement I
- 3Both Statement II and Statement III are correct but only one of them explains Statement I✓
- 4Both Statement II and Statement III are correct and both of them explain Statement I
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Both Statement II and Statement III are correct but only one of them explains Statement I
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