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What does the equation log S = log C + Z log A represent?

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  1. AThe species richness for a given taxonomic group in a region
  2. BThe relationship between species richness and area for different taxa
  3. CThe slope of the regression line for species richness and area
  4. DThe y:intercept of the regression line for species richness and area

Correct answer

B. The relationship between species richness and area for different taxa

Step-by-step solution

: During his pioneering and extensive explorations in the wilderness of South American jungles, the great German naturalist and geographer Alexander von Humboldt observed that within a region species richness increased with increasing explored area, but only up to a limit. In fact , the relation between species richness and area for a wide variety of taxa (angiosperm plants, birds, bats, freshwater fishes) turns out to be a rectangular hyperbola (Figure13.2). On a logarithmic scale, the relationship is a straight l

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