試題詳解

10. In the famous experiment conducted to prove that Island biogeography theory works, scientists (Simberloff & Wilson) used patches of mangrove islands in the coastal region of Florida. They separated the islands into control and treatment ones, and then________.
(A) killed all insect in the treatment islands and then tracked for one year how fast the islands near and far from the mainland will be recolonized.
(B) cut mangroves in the treatment islands and then tracked for one year how fast they will grow back.
(C) introduced invasive insect species to all islands and tracked for one year how quickly they will be outcompeted by native species.
(D) killed all insect in the control islands and then tracked for one year how fast they will be recolonized by the insect from the surroun nding treatment islands.
(E) counted all species in treatment islands and compared their number with control islands.