List of top Applied Ecology & Evolution Questions asked in GATE Ecology and Evolution

The following graphs show rank abundance data for species in three different communities P, Q and R. Based on both species richness and relative abundance, which one of the following options correctly represents the ordering of communities according to their species diversity?
Consider Holling’s Type-III functional response, as shown.
Which one of the marked points has the highest rate-of-change of prey-capture-rate?
The graph shows the yield of coffee plantations located at different distances from a patch of primary forest.
Which one of the following options best explains this pattern?
Which one or more of the following bird species is/are the focus of conservation-oriented captive breeding efforts in India?
Which one of the following organisms is a cytoplasmically inherited symbiotic bacterium that can cause extreme female-biased sex ratios in many insects?
Consider the following strains of an influenza virus and their basic reproduction numbers (\(R_0\)). Assuming that they are all equally virulent, which one of the following strains would be most concerning for a completely vulnerable population of humans?