In the Amazon Forest, Slight Changes in Soil Properties Tend

question 3

Multiple Choice

In the Amazon forest, slight changes in soil properties tend to be correlated with

• A) similarly slight differences in plant communities.
• B) no detectable differences in plant communities.
• C) dramatic differences in plant communities.
• D) dramatic differences in plant communities only if the soil property in question is moisture.
• E) dramatic differences in plant communities only if the soil property in question is bedrock type.

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