Multiple choice

Who observed the relationship between area under consideration and species richness?

  1. Paul Ehrlich

  2. Alexander von Humboldt

  3. Robert Constanza

  4. A.G. Tansley

  5. Charles Darwin
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Alexander von Humboldt, a German naturalist and geographer observed that within a region, species richness increase with the increase in the area under consideration, but only up to a limit.

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