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Quadrats/Plot transects


preezy

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I am stumped with this question. Any guidance?

 

Two adjacent plots, each 25 m × 25 m, were marked out. One plot was fenced in to prevent grazing. The other plot was marked unobtrusively and cattle were allowed to graze it freely. This regime was maintained for three years.

 

(i)

Propose (in a single sentence) a testable null hypothesis for this study.

(ii)

The volunteer team working on the project cannot decide whether to observe and record the number of species throughout the entire area of the two plots or in smaller representative areas. State the advice you would give and provide one reason for giving this advice.

(iii) A member of the team used a transect when volunteering on a coastal management project and asks if its use is appropriate here. State your answer and give one reason for giving that answer.

(iv) The team intends to use a frame quadrat, 1 m2 in area, 15 times within each plot. Do you think that this is

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