The Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis States That a Community Experiencing an Intermediate

question 40

Multiple Choice

The intermediate disturbance hypothesis states that a community experiencing an intermediate level of disturbance will have higher species diversity than it would with low or high disturbance.What is a major justification for this hypothesis?

• A) Low disturbance would lead to more extinctions, high disturbance to competitive exclusion.
• B) Low disturbance would lead to competitive exclusion, high disturbance to more extinctions.
• C) Low disturbance would lead to reduced influence by the dominant species, high disturbance to more extinctions.
• D) Low disturbance would lead to reduced influence by the dominant species, high disturbance to competitive exclusion.
• E) Low disturbance would lead to higher mortality rates, high disturbance to reduced influence by the dominant species.

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