You Work on a Large Nature Preserve Full of a Variety

question 59

Essay

You work on a large nature preserve full of a variety of habitats,including dry uplands,wooded lowlands,meadows,and many creeks and ponds in the low-lying areas.You are given the task of estimating the population size of a rare species of fern.Knowing that ferns can only grow in soils with high moisture,how might you go about estimating population size?

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