Species Richness Is Affected by Many Variables

question 7

Multiple Choice

Species richness is affected by many variables.As one travels to higher latitudes,one would generally find ________________.

• A)other factors to be more important than latitude
• B)the number of species to increase
• C)population viability to increase
• D)the number of species to be fairly constant
• E)the number of species to decrease

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