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The correlation between the area of an island and the number of species found there is referred to as:

A. species-area relationship.

B. latitudinal gradient.

C.theory of island biogeography.

D. immigration and extinction.

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Answer: Option A.

It is called specie- area relationship.

Step-by-step explanation:

Specie- area relationship in ecology describe the relationship between the area or habitat and the total number of species present in the area. It is also called species-area curve.

A larger area will contain a larger number of species.

A lot of factors determine the slope and elevation of specie-area relationship and they are, immigration and extinction rate, predator- prey dynamics, rate of disturbances between large and small area e.t.c.

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