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Which type isolation can involve physical barriers?

geographic isolation - involves mountains, rivers, lakes, seas, oceans, dense forests, or other obstacles that bar crossing


Which type of isolation can involve mating or courtship rituals?

Three types of isolation involve mating; habitat isolation, mechanical isolation, or sexual isolation.


What is another name for geographic isolation?

Another name for geographic isolation is allopatric isolation. This refers to a type of isolation where populations become reproductively isolated due to physical barriers preventing gene flow between them.


What type of landforms can cause isolation?

Islands, mountains, deserts, and bodies of water such as oceans or seas can all be landforms that contribute to isolation by creating physical barriers that limit interaction and movement between populations.


What is Mechanical Isolation?

Mechanical isolation is a type of reproductive isolation that occurs due to physical barriers preventing mating between members of two different species. This can include differences in size, shape, or other physical characteristics that make mating physically impossible or unlikely. Mechanical isolation helps maintain species boundaries and promotes genetic diversity by preventing interbreeding between species.


Two populations that are separated by a mountain range can no longer interbreed to produce fertile offspring this is an example of what speciation?

This is an example of geographic isolation, a type of allopatric speciation where physical barriers prevent gene flow between populations, leading to the accumulation of genetic differences and eventually reproductive isolation.


What is the name for a type of isolation that prevents species from interbreeding?

there are six types which are below: 1. geographical isolation 2. ecological (habitat) isolation 3. behavioral (ethological) isolation 4. temporal isolation 5. structural (mechanical) isolation 6. gamete mortality (gamete isolation)


What type of controls take the form of barriers and guards or signs to warn that a hazard exists?

Physical Control


What type of controls in the composite risk management process take the forms of barriers and guards?

Physical Controls


What is the difference between geographic isolation and habitat differentiation?

Geographic isolation is when a population is separated by a river/canyon or some impassable terrain. Habitat isolation is when members of a population live in a different type of habitat, say some live in the forest at the bottom of the mountain, while others live further up the mountain. These would then become different populations and evolve to perhaps form two different species.


What type of controls take the form of barriers and guards or signs to warn individuals that hazard exist?

Physical Controls


What type of controls take the form of barriers and guards or signs to warn individuals that hazards exist?

Physical Controls