In the ant-treehopper study illustrated in the text, why did the scientists assign plants in the study plot to the ants-present versus ants-removed groups at random—instead of, for example, assigning all the plants on the west side of the plot to the ant-present group and all the plants on the east side to the ants-removed group?

answer: grassland biomes are closer to the equator and receive more rain.

grasslands are biomes that are dominated by grasses rather shrubs and trees. savanna are biomes that exhibit grasses, shrubs and small tree as vegetation. grasslands are located near the equator of the earth. these are found in north america. savanna biomes are found in africa, south america, australia and india. grassland exhibit moderate climatic conditions, it receives   amount of rainfall higher than savanna.   therefore, savanna exhibit dry and hot climatic conditions.

b. climate change will cause an increase in biodiversity of all ecosystems.

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