MacArthur and Wilson hypothesized that larger islands would experience more extinction events because more species present means
A) more chances for extinctions.
B) more likelihood of competitive exclusion.
C) smaller population size of each.
D) Both more chances for extinctions and smaller population size of each.
E) All of the choices are correct.
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