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You are evaluating three snail species to determine their overall threat as invasive species to an area. You bring several individuals of each species into your lab to test their tolerance of a range of abiotic and biotic factors. Figure 1 shows how the three snail species respond to differences in average temperature and Figure 2 shows the number of prey and parasite species for each of the species in the new areas, along with how competitive each potential invasive species will be in the new community (higher numbers indicate that the species will be a more successful competitor).
-Consider Species B and C and assume that both have successfully invaded a new community. If the native species are similar to the invasive species in their resource use, what type of resource spectrum would you expect for each community that integrates these species? Provide the resource spectrum expected for each of the invaded communities, and justify your predictions.

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Refer to the figures.
Figure 1
  Figure 2
  You are evaluating three snail species to determine their overall threat as invasive species to an area. You bring several individuals of each species into your lab to test their tolerance of a range of abiotic and biotic factors. Figure 1 shows how the three snail species respond to differences in average temperature and Figure 2 shows the number of prey and parasite species for each of the species in the new areas, along with how competitive each potential invasive species will be in the new community (higher numbers indicate that the species will be a more successful competitor). 
-Consider Species B and C and assume that both have successfully invaded a new community. If the native species are similar to the invasive species in their resource use, what type of resource spectrum would you expect for each community that integrates these species? Provide the resource spectrum expected for each of the invaded communities, and justify your predictions.

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The Answer of Refer to the figures.
Figure 1
  Figure 2
  You are evaluating three snail species to determine their overall threat as invasive species to an area. You bring several individuals of each species into your lab to test their tolerance of a range of abiotic and biotic factors. Figure 1 shows how the three snail species respond to differences in average temperature and Figure 2 shows the number of prey and parasite species for each of the species in the new areas, along with how competitive each potential invasive species will be in the new community (higher numbers indicate that the species will be a more successful competitor). 
-Consider Species B and C and assume that both have successfully invaded a new community. If the native species are similar to the invasive species in their resource use, what type of resource spectrum would you expect for each community that integrates these species? Provide the resource spectrum expected for each of the invaded communities, and justify your predictions.

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