Botany - Biodiversity and its Conservation Question with Solution | TestHub
Which of the statements are in accordance with the observation of geographer Alexander Von Humboldt?
I. Within a region species, richness increases with increasing explored area but within a limit.
II. The relation between species richness and area is a rectangular hyperbola.
III. The richness of species decreases with the increasing explored area.
IV. There is no relation between the explored area and species richness.
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According to geographer Alexander von Humboldt, with increased area species richness also increases. According to him, a rectangular hyperbola represents the relation between species richness and area for a wide variety of taxa. He observed that within a region species richness increased with increasing explored area but only up to a limit. But on a logarithmic scale, a straight line represents this relationship described by the equation log S = log C + Z log A. S = Species richness A= Area Z = slope of the line (regression coefficient) C = Y-intercept.
