Question 4
What is the significance of the slope of regression in a species − area relationship?
Question 8
Among the ecosystem services are control of floods and soil erosion. How is this achieved by the biotic components of the ecosystem?
Question 9
The species diversity of plants (22 per cent) is much less than that of animals (72 per cent). What could be the explanations to how animals achieved greater diversification?
Question 10
Can you think of a situation where we deliberately want to make a species extinct? How would you justify it?