During a One Year Study,researchers Found No Difference in Treehopper

question 24

Multiple Choice

During a one year study,researchers found no difference in treehopper populations in any of their control and experimental groups.What could they measure during the second year to gain information about why this might have occurred?

• A)Measure the number of ant females.
• B)Measure the relative sizes of the treehoppers.
• C)Measure the relative abundance of jumping spiders.
• D)Measure the success of treehoppers with a different ant species.

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