Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements about island biogeography is false?
A) Major disturbances can serve as "natural experiments" that allow researchers to estimate colonization rates.
B) When species numbers are above the equilibrium, island biogeography theory predicts that extinction rates will increase.
C) When species numbers are far below the equilibrium, island biogeography theory predicts that immigration rates will increase.
D) The theory of island biogeography is particularly concerned with the identity of species found at particular islands.
E) All of the above are true; none is false.
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