Question

Alexander von Humboldt observed that, within a region species richness ______ with increasing explored area.

विकल्प

• increased

• decreased

• increased up to a limit

• decreased up to a limit

Answer 1

Alexander von Humboldt observed that, within a region species richness increased with increasing explored area.

Explanation:

Alexander von Humboldt was a German naturalist and geographer who first described species-area connections. He conducted considerable research in the wilderness of South American forests and discovered that, within a region, species richness increases with the increasing investigated area, but only up to a certain point.