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A researcher wants to study the effect of habitat fragmentation on bird species richness in a tropical rainforest. The species richness of the same rainforest before fragmentation is known. The best study design to ensure valid and reliable results would be to:

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  1. Acompare bird species richness in multiple patches of varying sizes of the entire tropical rainforest.
  2. Bcount the number of bird species in a single large patch of the tropical rainforest.
  3. Ccompare bird species richness of the fragmented tropical rainforest with that of a fragmented temperate forest
  4. Dcompare the total number of individuals of any bird species in the fragmented and unfragmented tropical rainfo

Correct answer

A. compare bird species richness in multiple patches of varying sizes of the entire tropical rainforest.

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