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Text 1: What factors influence the abundance of species in a given ecological community? Some theorists have argued that historical diversity is a major driver of how diverse an ecological community eventually becomes: differences in community diversity across otherwise similar habitats, in this view, are strongly affected by the number of species living in those habitats at earlier times. Text 2: In 2010, a group of researchers including biologist Carla Caceres created artificial pools in a New York forest. They stocked some pools with a diverse mix of zooplankton species and others with a single zooplankton species and allowed the pool communities to develop naturally thereafter. Over the course of four years, Caceres and colleagues periodically measured the species diversity of the pools, finding (contrary to their expectations) that by the end of the study there was little to no difference in the pools' species diversity. Based on the texts, how would Caceres and colleagues (Text 2) most likely describe the view of the theorists presented in Text 1?
AIt is not compelling as a theory regardless of any experimental data collected by the research team.
BIt may seem plausible, but it is not supported by the research team's findings.
CIt probably holds true only in conditions like those in the research team's study.
DIt is largely correct, but it requires a minor refinement in light of the research team's results.
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. It may seem plausible, but it is not supported by the research team's findings.
Choice C is the best answer. Caceres and colleagues expected pools with greater initial diversity to remain more diverse (supporting Text 1's theory) but found this was NOT the case, so they would view the theory as plausible but unsupported by their findings.
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