7. The headline shown to below ran on the Seychelles News Agency in 2014. The article referenced a study conducted in the Vallée de Mai, a national park on Praslin Island. What do you think the claim is according to the title of the article? (1 point) Responses Yellow crazy ants are an invasive species that have no affect on other populations. Yellow crazy ants are an invasive species that have no affect on other populations. Yellow crazy ants are an invasive species that is affecting the native populations. Yellow crazy ants are an invasive species that is affecting the native populations. Yellow crazy ants are being reintroduced into the World Heritage Site of Vallee de Mai. Yellow crazy ants are being reintroduced into the World Heritage Site of Vallee de Mai. Yellow crazy ants are a native species that is affecting the invasive populations. Yellow crazy ants are a native species that is affecting the invasive populations. Question 2 8. Using the data from the graph below, what suggestions (select all that apply) can you make about the relationship between the average number of individual geckos found compared to the invasion of the yellow crazy ants? Invaded means that the yellow crazy ants have entered into the environment and non-invaded means that the yellow crazy ants have not entered into the environment. The black bar shows gecko population when the ants have entered into the environment, and the grey bar shows gecko population when the ants have not entered into the environment. Image: (1 point) Responses The invasion of the yellow crazy ants had the no affect on any gecko population. The invasion of the yellow crazy ants had the no affect on any gecko population. The invasion of the yellow crazy ants had the least on the dwarf bronze gecko population suggesting possible competition between the two species. The invasion of the yellow crazy ants had the least on the dwarf bronze gecko population suggesting possible competition between the two species. The Seychelles giant day gecko, the dwarf bronze gecko, and the Seychelles bronze gecko are more successful in areas where the yellow crazy ants have not invaded. The Seychelles giant day gecko, the dwarf bronze gecko, and the Seychelles bronze gecko are more successful in areas where the yellow crazy ants have not invaded. The invasion of the yellow crazy ants had the most positive affect on the Seychelles day gecko population suggesting that the ants served as an additional food source for the gecko. The invasion of the yellow crazy ants had the most positive affect on the Seychelles day gecko population suggesting that the ants served as an additional food source for the gecko. Skip to navigation
