The hypothesis that species diversity is greater at lower latitudes than higher latitudes because low-latitude habitats are older would be supported if:

A. speciation rates were the same at high and
low latitudes.
B. speciation rates were higher at low latitude
than at high latitude.
C. speciation rates were higher at high
latitude than at low latitude.
D. speciation rates were more variable at
high latitude than at low latitude.
E. speciation rates were more variable at low
latitude than at high latitude.


A

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