Biology

Aimee Wiley

23 September, 21:25

You find a forest with a few different tree species: maple, oak, hickory, and tulip polar. You determine that the maples are abundant in the understory, and the hickories have the largest biomass.

Which of the following statements can you make about this forest?

a. The maples and the hickories are possible dominant species, depending on how you are analyzing the structure of the forest.

b. There is not a dominant species in the forest, as there is species diversity, and dominance requires a species diversity of zero with one dominant.

c. The hickories are clearly the only dominant species, as they have the greatest biomass.

d. The maple is clearly the dominant species, as it is the most abundant.

e. The dominance of this forest is four.