Imagine that a biologist deposits 50 isopods on the surface of the leaf litter in a forest. the back ofeach isopod is marked wit
h a dot of paint for identification purposes. the biologist departs, thenreturns one hour later and attempts to retrieve as many of the isopods as possible. where will mostof the isopods likely be found and why?
Isopods are crustaceans and they live in freshwater, marine water or on land. The forms of isopods that are found on land mostly prefer the cool and moist environment.
As the biologist will leave them on leaf litter, they will crawl to the area under the leaf because the area under the leaf litter is relatively cool and moist and there they can get an environment which is suitable for their living. Thus when the biologist will come after one hour, most of the isopods will be found under the leaf litter.
Flying foxes disperse the Cycad seeds if the seed sometimes get swallowed whole.
Explanation:
Cycads are gymnosperms they do not have seeds enclosed in fruit. Therefore the bats are not attracted to cycad fruit.
If the bats were susceptible to neurotoxin then they must not have been the frequent feeders of cycad seeds. Biomagnification of neurotoxin in flying fox is a widely researched topic.
Beetles do not have an association with these bats thus the bats must not be assisting them as important pollinating agents.
