Question

If 25% of Rocky Mountain National Park is composed of pinyon-juniper forest habitat, and within this habitat you find 90% of the park’s population of scrub jays, 1% of the park’s population of deer, and 25% of the park’s population of ground squirrels, which of the following statements is most accurate? Group of answer choices ground squirrels avoid pinyon-juniper, scrub jays prefer pinyon-juniper, and deer show no preference ground squirrels avoid pinyon-juniper, scrub jays prefer pinyon-juniper, and deer prefer oaks ground squirrels prefer pinyon-juniper, scrub jays avoid pinyon-juniper, and deer show no preference ground squirrels show no preference, scrub jays prefer pinyon-juniper, and deer avoid pinyon-juniper

Answer 1

Answer: d) ground squirrels show no preference, scrub jays prefer pinyon-juniper, and deer avoid pinyon-juniper.

Explanation: The pinyon-juniper forest occupy 25% of Rocky mountain National Park. It contains:

1. 25% of ground squirrels
2. 1% of deers
3. 3) 90% of scrub jays

It means that the scrub jays prefer this forest as 90% of total population is found in this 25 % of total national park area. And deer has only 1%, so they avoid this forest. While 25% squirrels occur in this 25% of total national park area. Hence they are neutral.

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