(d) A conservation group with a long-term goal of preserving species believes that all at-risk species will disappear whenever land inhabited by those species is developed. It has an opportunity to purchase land in an area about to be developed. The group has a choice of creating one large nature preserve with an area of 45 square kilometers and containing 70 at-risk species, or 5 small nature preserves, each with an area of 3 square kilometers and each containing 16 at-risk species unique to that preserve. Which choice would you recommend and why

each with an area of 3 square kilometers and each containing 16 at-risk species unique to that preserve

Explanation:

I choose third choice of having each with an area of 3 square kilometers and each containing 16 at-risk species unique to that preserve because allocation of separate preserve provides good space and less competition in that preserve. Less number of at risk species in a large surrounding area increase in population with higher rate due to availability of resources such as habitat, food and water in large amount as well as low competitors for these resources.

1) gene flow

- it is described as the transfer of genes from one population to another population so that frequency of gene is increased.

-a zebra migrates to join a different herd of zebras.

2) natural selection

- a mechanism of evolutionary change in which individuals with advantageous traits survive and reproduce whereas the others ( those that can not adapt) eliminate from the population.

-competition for sunlight leads to taller trees.

3) mutation

- permanent change in the nucleotide sequence of dna ( genetic material) that could have harmful or useful consequences.

-the dna of a snake changes to make its venom stronger.

4) genetic drift - it is a random phenomenon ( that occurs by chance such as fire) that results in change in the gene frequency in a small population.    

-a grassfire randomly sweeps through a population of buffalo and kills most of the animals.

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plant because they survive by water, sunlight, ex.

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