Suppose Some Conservation Biologists and Volunteers Go to a Forest

question 28

Multiple Choice

Suppose some conservation biologists and volunteers go to a forest in California to remove an invasive plant species from South Africa. This is an example of what type of conservation strategy?

• A) Captive breeding and reintroduction
• B) Removal of disease agents
• C) Reduction of harvesting
• D) Habitat restoration
• E) Inbreeding depression

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Sample Size

The number of individuals or observations included in a sample drawn from a population.

Divorce Rate

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Significance Level

A threshold for determining whether a statistical result obtained is not attributed to chance, commonly set at values like 0.05, indicating a 5% risk of error.

Statistically Significant

A measure used to determine if the results of a study are unlikely to have occurred by random chance alone, often through a p-value.