Two communities may have exactly the same number of species, yet one might be measured as having a greater species diversity. Why?
A) composition or a listing of the various species in a community
B) a community and all of the abiotic factors associated with it
C) the native species plus the introduced species
D) the potential number of species that should exist in a community minus the species that have gone locally extinct
E) both the number of species and the evenness or relative abundance of individuals of the different species

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Species diversity takes into consideration not only the number of species present but also their relative abundance. In a community where species are evenly distributed, the species diversity will be higher compared to a community where some species are dominant while the others are rare.

Two Communities May Have Exactly the Same Number of Species