What is the relationship between species richness and recovery from natural disturbances?

a. Communities with more diversity do not recover from natural disturbances.
b. Communities with more diversity experience more natural disturbances.
c. Communities with more diversity recover less rapidly from natural disturbances.
d. Communities with more diversity recover more rapidly from natural disturbances.
e. There is no correlation between community diversity and recovery from natural disturbances.


ANSWER: d

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