Two Communities May Have Exactly the Same Number of Species

question 6

Multiple Choice

Two communities may have exactly the same number of species, yet one might be measured as having a greater species diversity. Why?

• A) composition or a listing of the various species in a community
• B) a community and all of the abiotic factors associated with it
• C) the native species plus the introduced species
• D) the potential number of species that should exist in a community minus the species that have gone locally extinct
• E) both the number of species and the evenness or relative abundance of individuals of the different species

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