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Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: Increased diversity contributed to higher productivity. Reason: Tilman found that plots with more species showed less year-to-year variation in total biomass.

Options

  1. ABoth Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion
  2. BBoth Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
  3. CAssertion is true but the Reason is false
  4. DBoth Assertion and Reason are false

Correct answer

B. Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

Step-by-step solution

Tilman found that plots with more species showed less year-to-year variation in total biomass. He also showed that in his experiments, increased diversity contributed to higher productivity.

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