This is probably the easiest question for some of you but let me know what you t

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This is probably the easiest question for some of you but let me know what you think:

A wildlife biologist is doing research on the largest caribou herd in Canada, the Leaf River herd of Northern Quebec. Using an aerial photo census, she determines that in 750 km2 (750 000 m2) of ecologically suitable habitat, there are 600,000 caribou. Calculate the ecological density of the herd.

This question is confusing me because I thought ecological density was only for areas where portions of the area are not ecologically suitable for the species. If it is all suitable in this question....then why does it want ecological density.

Does anyone know how to calculate this? I don't trust the answer when I google it. Thanks

Explanation / Answer

Total area population/ land in sq. miles (or sq. km)= ecological density 600,000 caribou/ 750,000 m^2 = 0.8 caribou/m^2 I could see why it would be confusing reading it, I am just assuming since it says suitable land that they aren't including the number that was unsuitable.

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