Simberloff and Wilson carried out a famous experiment to study the recolonization by arthropods of small mangrove by islands after the islands were fumigated. One of their findings was

A. The islands never recovered to their pre-fumigation levels of arthropod species richness.
B. Species turnover was high following recolonization.
C. Recolonization rates were identical on all of the islands regardless of distance to the mainland.
D. Arthropod species richness on the islands changed little following recolonization.


D. Arthropod species richness on the islands changed little following recolonization.

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