Question

Proivde two pros, and two cons of different methodology used to study wildlife-plant interactions: Temporal gradients of animal densities and Spatial gradients of animal densities

Answer 1

Wildlife-plant interactions can be studied by temporal or spatial gradients of animal densities.These are complex interactions and occur across diverse habitats (land,water), climate etc. These techniques provide a partial insight into how the species are distributed,the patterns of the community and so on. They reflect upon the kind of spaces habitated by a plant or animal community, the measure of various traits, for instace leaf size, color and ither such parameters, various wildlife traits

They do not reflect upon reciprocal feedback between plants community and animal community.These techniques help analyze what plant or animal communities co-existed/are co -exsisting, in what ratios.They provide mega trends of animal and plant populations and indicators like nutrieint flow in food chains .For example, Kind of animal populations and plant populations in sea or at higher altitudes.

These techniques lack clear functional aspects, they do not reflect upon mutualism , for example between flowering plants and the aminals who pollinate them.