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1. How was area controlled for in this study? Why was it so important to do it that way?
2. What two kinds of fragmentation effects can lead to species richness being correlated with patch size? Be specific.
3. Draw or sketch a representation of the field methods used in this paper. Be sure to represent all aspects of the sampling (i.e., replication, randomization, etc).
4. What was the overall experimental design used in this study?
5. Look at Table 3.
a. When all patches were included, what functional groups showed a significant association with patch size?
b. When the three smallest patches were excluded from the analysis, what functional groups showed a significant association with patch size?
c. Taken together, what does this information tell you?
Baldwin, L. K., and G. E. Bradfield. 2007. Bryophyte responses to fragmentation in temperate coastal rainforests: a functional group approach. Biological Conservation 136:408-422.
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