Daniel Simberloff and Edward O

question 41

Multiple Choice

Daniel Simberloff and Edward O.Wilson tested the theory of island biogeography by first removing all arthropods from a group of mangrove islands and then measuring the recolonization of the islands over a two-year period.Which result did they not observe?

• A) Species number rapidly increased at first,and then leveled off.
• B) After two years,all islands had similar levels of species richness.
• C) Recolonization rates were fastest for islands closest to the mainland.
• D) After the first year,the number of species on each island changed relatively little.
• E) After two years,each island had approximately the same number of species as it did originally.

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