1. Identify the parking lot that was the most diverse. Based on your observations during the lab, explain why your prediction in question #1 of the prelab was supported or not supported.
2. List the single most abundant species in each set of data, and write a plausible explanation to explain why these are the most abundant species. 3. Determine the maximum and minimum values for the Shannon Diversity Index in the parking lot you surveyed. 4. If you conducted this lab in a shopping mall parking lot, predict whether the Shannon Diversity Index would be high or low, and how it would compare to the school parking lots. 5. If you conducted this lab at a new car dealership, predict whether the Shannon Diversity Index would be high or low, and how it would compare to the school parking lots. Question Answers: 1. 2. The single most abundant animal in Animal Chart #1 was the hyena because it showed up more often compared to the rest of the animals. The most abundant animal in animal chart #2 was the elephant because it pretty much ruled the second animal chart. The last abundant species in the parking lot was the the Honda car with 22 cars in total. 3. The maximum values are 1) parking lot, and 2) animal parking lot #1 while the minimum Shannon value was the 2nd animal chart. 4. If this lab was conducted in a shopping mall parking lot, the Shannon Diversity Index would be high because there would be a lot of car varieties since the parking lots are huge. The Shannon Diversity Index would be higher compared to school parking lots. 5.If this lab was conducted at a new car dealership, the Shannon Diversity Index would be low because new car dealerships tend to sell the car brand that is sold more often. Compared to school parking lots, the Shannon Diversity Index would still be low.
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