Q7. Imagine a hypothetical 5-species community with two primary producers (plants), two herbivores, and one predator. What's the best way to determine which primary producer is competitively dominant

By removing the two herbivores from the community and then estimate the population of each primary producers with time.

Explanation:

The best way to determine which of the primary producer is competitively dominant would be by removing the two herbivores from the community and then study the population of each primary producers with time. A more thriving population in the absence of the predatory herbivores can be deduced to be the dominant species when it comes to competition.

The removal of the herbivores would be necessary because selective predation can favor the thriving of one primary producer over the other and would not be a fair playing ground for competition.

Hence, in the absence of predators, the primary producers would have a fair ground to compete with each other, and with time, a better thriving one can be said to be competitively dominant.

hydroxyl -oh

alcohols, always polar, can form hydrogen bonds with h2o molecules

carboxyl -cooh  

cargoxylic acids, has acidic properties which is a source of hydrogen ions, found in cells in ionized for with a charge of oh-1

carbonyl > co

ketone if within skeleton, aldehyde if group is at the end of skeleton, k & a may be structural isomers, it determines 2 sugars (ketose & aldose)

amino -nh2

amines, acts as a base, it can pick up h+ ions from surrounding solution, ionized with charge of 1+

methyl ch2

addition to rna/dna affects and gene expression

phosphate -opo3 ²⁻

organic phosphates, contributes to negative charge to, molecule that it is a part of, and potential to react with h20

sulfhydryl -sh

thiols, cross-linking stabilize the protein, and it is structure