A conservation group is evaluating different management strategies for an agricultural estate to improve biodiversity. Which of the following strategies is most likely to increase the index of species diversity by successfully promoting both species richness and species evenness?
Sowing wide, multi-species wildflower margins around arable fields to provide varied niches and food sources.
Removing all hedgerows to create large, continuous fields, reducing edge effects and physical barriers for large mammals.
Introducing a single, highly efficient biological control agent to eradicate dominant pest insect species.
Replacing semi-natural mixed deciduous woodland with a fast-growing monoculture of commercial timber.
