Environmental Science: A Global ConcernEnvironmental Science: A Global Concern 11th Edition by William Cunningham, Mary Ann Cunningham

Exercise 15

Form a hypothesis. Examine your list, and predict which species will occur most on edges, and (if you can) which you think will occur more in the interior. Form a hypothesis, or a testable statement, based on one of the three questions above. For example, "I will be able to detect an edge effect in my patch, " or "I think an edge effect will be indicated by these species: ______, " or "I think changes in species abundance will indicate an edge- interior change at ______ m from the edge of the patch."