Which of the Following Is Not a Finding from the Study

question 5

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a finding from the study on local and regional species richness by Witman et al. (2004) ?

• A) Local species richness was always proportionally lower than regional species richness.
• B) Communities became saturated at high regional richness values.
• C) Local species richness never leveled off at high regional richness values.
• D) Regional species pools largely determined the number of species present.

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