The most plausible hypothesis to explain why species richness is higher in tropical than in temperate regions is that a) tropical communities are younger. b) tropical regions have more available water and higher levels of solar radiation. c) warmer temperatures cause more rapid speciation. d) biodiversity increases as evapotranspiration decreases. e) tropical regions have very high rates of immigration and very low rates of extinction

Granite rock is light in color. which feature directly contributes to this color? the process that forms granite the amount of silica minerals in granite the shape of the grains found in granite the unique pattern formed by grains in granite

Consider darwin's first writings on the theory of natural selection. an important point of darwin's essay on the principle of population, written in 1798, was a peer's observation that in nature plants and animals produce far more offspring than can survive, this observation can be attributed to a) charles lyell. b) thomas malthus. c) jean-baptiste lamarck. d) johann friedrich meckel.

Recent research by marine biologists suggests that bottlenose dolphins have names for themselves. scientists played sounds they had identified as the names of particular dolphins, putting them through a synthesizer so that they did not sound like the voices of particular dolphins. the researchers found that dolphins would respond to the names of other dolphins that they were related to or associated with, but they ignored the names of strangers. this discovery suggests a much greater degree of self-awareness in aquatic mammals than was previously suspected. if this research holds up, what does it suggest about dolphins?