Solar farms are often installed in areas in the midwestern United States previously used as cropland. Native and non-native plants often grow in these fields occupied by the solar panels. (g) Describe how the shift from agricultural crops to native plants may impact the biodiversity of insect populations.

Scenario: You have been hired by an electric utility company whose stockholders are really pressing the company on ESG matters (environmental, social, governance). The company owns thousands of acres of land surrounding one of its powerplants and leases much of this land to local farmers for agriculture. However, local environmental groups have been stating concerns in the local newspaper about the loss of insect biodiversity on in meadows surrounding the agricultural activities. You have been tasked by the company to develop an experiment to investigate whether a loss of insect biodiversity is occurring in these meadows because of these agricultural activities. Action Steps: Propose a coherent and testable hypothesis that captures some aspect of this concern. Identify the independent and dependent variables in this experiment. Identify any possible confounding variables that might influence your experiment. Identify appropriate controls for your experiment. Demonstrate how you…

Can anyone suggest any scholarly journals, articles, reports, whatever you could help out with that covers the following question. What are considered other problematic species that can pose significant threats, possibly due to population declines from habitat loss or overexploitation? NOT on INVASIVE SPECIES, I have more than enough information on that subject.Provide links!

The cutting and burning of tropical rain forests leads to which of the following? 1. Addition of CO2 to the atmosphere 2. Decreased removal of CO2 from the atmosphere 3. Reduced biodiversity 4. Climate change 1 only 2, 3, and 4 1, 2, and 3 1, 2, 3, and 4 1 and 2

Explain the solution for the removal of the Spotted Lanternfly. How will this solution affect the native species, economy and/or social impacts? How long do you think it will take to return to the original biodiversity of the ecosystem based on the solution and why?

What is sustainable agriculture? (Please include the words biodiversity, abundance, distribution, and resilience in the answer.)

8)Which of the following questions would be considered ecological questions? choose all that apply a)How does the availability of rainfall affect pollen production in mulberry trees? b)How do the population dynamics of hawks affect the population dynamics of lizards? c)How does elevation affect the amount of rainfall? d)How did the mouse species present in the Mojave Desert arise? e)How does a mutation in a gene for amylase affect nutrient absorption in white-tailed deer? f)None of these are ecological questions