JAMB - Biology (2002 - No. 19)
In a population study using the transect method, a student is likely to record the highest number of species in?
a tropical rain forest
a guinea savanna
a sahel savanna
an estuarine swamp
Paaiškinimas
A transect is usually used to investigate a gradual change in a habitat rather than to simply estimate the number of organisms within it.
The characteristics of the Guinea Savanna include:
the largest of all vegetation belts in Nigeria;
tall grasses;
few scattered trees;