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Islands close to mainland show:

“High colonization and low extinction” for islands close to mainland show. This relationship follows from the ecological mechanism represented by the terms in the item, not merely from an association between their names. At equilibrium, species identities can continue to turn over even when richness is approximately stable. The model predicts a balance of rates, not an absence of colonization or extinction. The remaining alternatives—“High colonization and high extinction”, “Low colonization and low extinction”, “Low colonization and high extinction”—refer to different states, processes, or sc

Ref: The Theory of Island Biogeography, MacArthur & Wilson, Ch. 2-4

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Closer islands to mainland typically have:

“Increased species richness” for closer islands to mainland typically have. This relationship follows from the ecological mechanism represented by the terms in the item, not merely from an association between their names. At equilibrium, species identities can continue to turn over even when richness is approximately stable. The model predicts a balance of rates, not an absence of colonization or extinction. The remaining alternatives—“Decreased species richness”, “Decreased immigration”, “Increased extinction”—refer to different states, processes, or scales and therefore do not express the sa

Ref: The Theory of Island Biogeography, MacArthur & Wilson, Ch. 2-4

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Islands farther from mainland generally have:

“Lower immigration rates” for islands farther from mainland generally have. This relationship follows from the ecological mechanism represented by the terms in the item, not merely from an association between their names. At equilibrium, species identities can continue to turn over even when richness is approximately stable. The model predicts a balance of rates, not an absence of colonization or extinction. The remaining alternatives—“Higher immigration rates”, “Lower extinction rates”, “Higher species richness”—refer to different states, processes, or scales and therefore do not express the

Ref: The Theory of Island Biogeography, MacArthur & Wilson, Ch. 2-4

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