10 Questions
Which term refers to the count of the number of species present in a community?
richness
What is the term for the percentage of individuals in a community that belong to one species?
abundance
What type of diagram plots each species in a community, beginning with the most abundant and ending with the least abundant?
rank-abundance
Which index represents the probability that two individuals randomly selected from a sample will belong to the same species?
Simpson's index
What are species called when they are most prevalent in a community?
dominants
Which term refers to the count of the number of species present in a community?
richness
What is the term for the percentage of individuals in a community that belong to one species?
abundance
What type of diagram plots each species in a community, beginning with the most abundant and ending with the least abundant?
rank-abundance diagram
Which index represents the probability that two individuals randomly selected from a sample will belong to the same species?
Simpson's index
What are species called when they are most prevalent in a community?
dominants
Test your knowledge on community structure in ecology with this quiz! Challenge yourself with short answer questions that cover topics such as species richness, relative abundance, and diversity diagrams.
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