The Mechanism That Allowed the Science of Ecology to Go

question 15

Multiple Choice

The mechanism that allowed the science of ecology to go beyond just descriptive natural history and instead study the processes which control distribution and abundance of organisms is

• A)Lyell's theory on the age of the Earth.
• B)Haeckel's study of botany.
• C)Malthus' work on populations.
• D)Darwin's theory of natural selection.

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