In Your Backyard You Overturn a Large Rock

question 15

Multiple Choice

In your backyard you overturn a large rock. In the damp soil underneath the rock, you see various insects scurrying for cover: two black beetles, five black ants, two brown beetles, and three pillbugs. In this community of organisms, relative abundance favors

• A) pillbugs.
• B) ants.
• C) beetles.
• D) pillbugs and beetles equally.

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