As part of a habitat conservation plan development, you are tasked with estimating the number of desert tortoises, a threatened species, within Joshua Tree National Park. You use mark recapture...

I’m having hard time finding out how to get the correct answer can you please help explain this question?As part of a habitat conservation plan development, you are tasked with estimating the<br>number of desert tortoises, a threatened species, within Joshua Tree National Park. You use<br>mark recapture techniques to estimate the population size. During the first trip you<br>captured, marked, and released 30 individuals. During the second trip your assistant<br>captured 50 individuals and 20 of these were previously marked. However, you realize your<br>assistant was much better at finding tortoises that had been marked than the unmarked<br>ones. This problem with the data collection would result in:<br>This data collection error would lead to larger uncertainties in the results that could be either too<br>large or too small depending on the population size<br>O The estimate of the population would be larger than the actual population.<br>No significant effect, the method is robust sampling challenges.<br>O The estimate of the population would be smaller than the actual population.<br>

Extracted text: As part of a habitat conservation plan development, you are tasked with estimating the number of desert tortoises, a threatened species, within Joshua Tree National Park. You use mark recapture techniques to estimate the population size. During the first trip you captured, marked, and released 30 individuals. During the second trip your assistant captured 50 individuals and 20 of these were previously marked. However, you realize your assistant was much better at finding tortoises that had been marked than the unmarked ones. This problem with the data collection would result in: This data collection error would lead to larger uncertainties in the results that could be either too large or too small depending on the population size O The estimate of the population would be larger than the actual population. No significant effect, the method is robust sampling challenges. O The estimate of the population would be smaller than the actual population.

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