A conservation group with a long-term goal of preserving species believes that all at risk species will disappear if their habitation is developed. The group has an opportunity of purchasing land in an area about to be developed. They can buy a 45-acre area to keep 70 at risk species or 5 small acre reserves each at with an area of 3 acres to accommodate each to accommodate 16 at risk species unique to that reserve. Which choice would you recommend and why? Refer to the table below for your analysis Island Area in square metrs Species at risk 1990 Species extinct 2000 Proportion extinct
1 46 75 8 0.11
2 36 67 3 0.04
3 31 66 8 0.12
4 9 51 8 0.16
5 5 28 5 0.18
6 5 20 6 0.30
7 4 43 10 0.23
8 4 31 5 0.16
9 3 28 7 0.25
10 2 32 8 0.25
11 2 30 8 0.27
12 1 20 4 0.20