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Week 9 Discussion COLLAPSE Overall Rating: 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 "Tarnita's Termites, Pacific Lampreys, and Large Brains" This week our discussion is focused on animal evolution. For your primary post, respond to one of the following three topics. Also, please reply to at least one fellow student on any topic. Topic 1 [video]: Population Distribution of Termites in a Savanna . Watch the video (1) describing Corina Tarnita's research on the spacing of termite mounds in savanna ecosystems, and then address the following: (a) What were Tarnita's findings about the spacing of termite mounds? (b) What does Tarnita think is the main factor that governs the spatial distribution of the termite mounds? (c) How do the termite mounds benefit other organisms on the savanna? ...

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of the following three topics. Also, please reply to at least one
fellow student on any topic.
Topic 1 [video]: Population Distribution of Termites in a
Savanna
. Watch the video (1) describing Corina Tarnita's research on
the spacing of termite mounds in savanna ecosystems, and then
address the following:
(a) What were Tarnita's findings about the spacing of termite
mounds?
(b) What does Tarnita think is the main factor that governs the
spatial distribution of the termite mounds?
(c) How do the termite mounds benefit other organisms on the
savanna?

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