NEET 2017 · Class 12

Biodiversity and Conservation

Alexander Von Humbolt described for the first time:

  1. (A)Laws of limiting factor
  2. (B)Species area relationships
  3. (C)Population Growth equation
  4. (D)Ecological Biodiversity

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During his pioneering and extensive explorations in the wilderness of South American jungles, the great German naturalist and geographer Alexander von Humboldt observed that within a region species richness increased with increasing explored area, but only up to a limit.

Chapter
Biodiversity and Conservation
Section
13.1.2 Patterns of Biodiversity
Page
4
Words matched
68 of 70

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0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that Alexander von Humboldt observed that species richness increases with area, which directly matches the 'Species area relationships' option.

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