You Have Assessed Species Richness in the Tropics Using 15

question 1

Multiple Choice

You have assessed species richness in the tropics using 15 plots,each approximately 10 km by 10 km,spread over an entire region.Let us assume each plot is a community.Which of the following statements is likely correct?

• A) Productivity is high in the tropics. The alpha diversity of the 15 tropic plots should be low.
• B) Productivity is high in the tropics. The alpha diversity of the 15 tropic plots will be the same as the gamma diversity.
• C) Productivity is low in the tropics. The alpha diversity of the 15 tropic plots will be the same as the gamma diversity
• D) Productivity is high in the tropics. The alpha diversity of each of the 15 plots should be high.

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