Simberloff and Wilson Carried Out a Famous Experiment to Study

question 16

Multiple Choice

Simberloff and Wilson carried out a famous experiment to study the recolonization by arthropods of small mangrove by islands after the islands were fumigated.One of their findings was

• A)The islands never recovered to their pre-fumigation levels of arthropod species richness.
• B)Species turnover was high following recolonization.
• C)Recolonization rates were identical on all of the islands regardless of distance to the mainland.
• D)Arthropod species richness on the islands changed little following recolonization.

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