Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. The island biogeography model of Robert MacArthur and E.O. Wilson attempts to predict an equilibrium number of species on an island based on the immigration of new species and the extinction of resident species.
2. Tree species richness in the United States is highest in the southeast.
3. In the Shannon diversity index, communities with more species evenness will tend to have a higher H.
4. Joseph Connell proposed that at low rates of disturbance, a community will become dominated by K-selected species.


1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE

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