An Ecologist Is Applying the Theory of Island Biogeography to Understand

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Essay

An ecologist is applying the theory of island biogeography to understand the result of fragmentation in an agricultural area, where the original prairie has been mostly replaced by cornfields and only a few small, isolated fragments of prairie remain.Is the ecologist justified in applying this theory? Why or why not?

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Definitions:

Wages

Payments made to workers for their labor, typically based on hours worked or amount produced, and a key factor in employment contracts.

Rent

Payment made periodically by a lessee to a lessor for the use of land, a building, or another property.

Profits

The financial gain obtained when revenue from business activities exceeds expenses and taxes.

GDP

Gross Domestic Product is defined as the cumulative monetary or market value of all the finished products and services generated inside a country during a particular time frame.