Indicate 2 indicators of diversity indicating the change that you would expect to observe in them between the years 2000 and 2020. Give reasons for your answer. b) Draw the rarefaction curves that you would expect to obtain for the community in the study area in the year 2000 and in the year 2020. c) Indicate and explain 2 effects that you would expect to find on mammalian biodiversity by the year 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Ministry of the Environment (MMA) asks you to evaluate the effect of anthropogenic activity on the biodiversity of mammals in the foothills of the Central Zone in the last 20 years, which is known to be associated with significant habitat fragmentation. .
Based on this information:
a) Indicate 2 indicators of diversity indicating the change that you would expect to observe in them between the years 2000 and 2020. Give reasons for your answer.
b) Draw the rarefaction curves that you would expect to obtain for the community in the study area in the year 2000 and in the year 2020.
c) Indicate and explain 2 effects that you would expect to find on mammalian biodiversity by the year 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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