Question

three farmers rent way. three equal forest species? she government pays farmers to keep a po aside 100 hectares of forest on their land. of shape, each is an island of forest rounded s below would you expect to maintain the high sized patches below w 14. In Brazil the governmen have each set aside 100 hectares to keep a portion of their land in forest. Three their land, but each has done it in a different St surrounded by crops. Which of the three coi aintain the highest overall diversity of forest Spor The least? Explain why. (10) 1 km Η B Α highest least

Answer 1

A maintain highest overall diversity of forest species because its contact with outer crops is maximum and it can have more number of trees as tree's roots will cover maximum area in the ground. Tree's leaves will also cover a large propertion of land and trees will show maximum growth as its contact with atmosphere(as air, sunlight etc.) will also be greater.

B maintain least diversity because it is square shaped and trees present in middle of it are in least contact with atmospheric influence. As its most plants will suffer from growth due to coverage of sunlight by large trees or adjacent plants which are showing large growth rate