Suppose You Wanted to Determine Whether You Had Adequately Sampled

question 60

Multiple Choice

Suppose you wanted to determine whether you had adequately sampled the species richness of a given amphibian community. Which result would most likely lead to the conclusion that more sampling was needed to assess the species richness?

• A) A high Shannon index value
• B) A low Shannon index value
• C) A linear species accumulation curve
• D) A species accumulation curve that reached a threshold

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