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Hi there.
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This question is asking about a design plan to preserve local ecosystems in a densely populated suburban area.
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And we want to decide what would be the best plan for these.
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Well, if think about macarthur and wilson, they were the scientists who did studies concerning biodiversity on islands.
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And they found that the larger an island is, the more species.
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That were present there.
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So you can have more species if there is a larger land area, or in that case, larger islands.
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The reason for that is you're going to have more habitats.
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So if the more land you have, the more likely it is that you're going to have more habitats within that land area, and that's going to, of course, lead to more species, which is an increase in biodiversity.
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And that's pretty much the goal of any preservation is you want to have as much biodiversity as possible...