Two communities may have exactly the same number of species, yet one might be measured as having a greater species diversity. What defines species diversity?
A. composition or a listing of the various species in a community
B. both the number of species and the evenness or relative abundance of individuals of the different species
C. a community and all of the abiotic factors associated with it
D. the native species plus the introduced species
E. the potential number of species that should exist in a community minus the species that have gone locally extinct
Answer: B
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