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The numbers of different types of animals supported by a square kilometer in two terrestrial ecosystems are shown in the table below.
(a) (i) Which domestic animal is better adapted to both ecosystems.
(ii) Give a reason why the animal named in (a)
(i) above is better adapted to the two ecosystems.
(b) Why are cattle and sheep fewer I the bush land than in the savannah?
(c) (i) Name suitable methods that were used to estimate the population of:
Domestic animals.
Wild animals.
(ii) Give a reason why the method named for wild animals in (c) (i) above is suitable.
(d) State three methods which could be used to determine the diet of wild animals in an ecosystem.
(e) Name four biotic factors that could have regulated the animal population in both ecosystems.