Inmost ecological communities, we find:a.more rare species than moderately common or very common ones.b.more very common species than moderately common or rare ones.c. norare species—apparently “rare” species are artifacts of incompletesampling.d.roughly equal proportions of rare, moderately common, and very commonspecies.e. more moderately common species than rare orvery common ones.

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 In
most ecological communities, we find:
a.
more rare species than moderately common or very common ones.
b.
more very common species than moderately common or rare ones.
c. no
rare species—apparently “rare” species are artifacts of incomplete
sampling.
d.
roughly equal proportions of rare, moderately common, and very common
species.
e. more moderately common species than rare or
very common ones.

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