A 100-year record of the colonization of Swedish islands by plants shows
A) a diversity-area relationship becoming evident only after many years of colonization.
B) a diversity-area relationship established early in colonization, but disappearing as smaller islands "caught up."
C) diversity increasing to equilibrium on large islands, but equilibrium not yet reached on smaller ones.
D) diversity increasing to equilibrium on small islands, but not on large ones.
E) diversity increasing rapidly to equilibrium on all islands.

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The passage indicates that diversity increases to equilibrium on larger islands but has not yet reached equilibrium on smaller ones.

A 100-Year Record of the Colonization of Swedish Islands by Plants