What Does the Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis Suggest

question 46

Multiple Choice

What does the intermediate disturbance hypothesis suggest?

• A) Species richness is lowest in communities experiencing fairly frequent disturbances of moderate intensity.
• B) Species richness is greatest in communities experiencing very frequent disturbances of moderate intensity.
• C) Species richness is greatest in communities experiencing fairly frequent disturbances of little intensity.
• D) Species richness is greatest in communities experiencing fairly frequent disturbances of moderate intensity.

---

Definitions:

Action

The process of doing something with the intent to achieve an aim or handle a problem, often requiring decision-making and execution.

Predictive

Pertaining to the use of statistical analysis and modeling to make forecasts or predictions about future events.

Simulation

A method for implementing a model over time to analyze and record the consequences of sequential interactions.

Predictive Analytics

The set of analytical techniques that use models constructed from past data to predict the future or assess the impact of one variable on another.