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Species richness rises with area up to a limit; this relation was first noted by:
AAlexander von Humboldt
BCharles Robert Darwin
CRobert May of Oxford
DPaul Ehrlich of Stanford
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Alexander von Humboldt
1. The observation came from South American explorations.
2. The relation is a rectangular hyperbola.
3. It was made by Alexander von Humboldt.
_Source: NCERT Class 12 Biology, Chapter 15, Biodiversity and Conservation._
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