Bouchard and Brooks studied the effect of insect flight on dispersal and speciation in rain forest insects. They sampled all of the insects in the study area and found that 60 insect species are flightless and 19 are able to fly. What can you conclude so far about this study?
(P. Bouchard and D. R. Brooks. 2004. Effect of vagility potential on dispersal and speciation in rainforest insects. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17:994-1006.)
A) Flightless insects have a greater dispersal potential from this study area.
B) Flightless insects are more numerous in the study area.
C) Flightless insects have a higher species richness in the study area.
D) Flightless insects are better suited for the tropics.

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The study found 60 flightless insect species compared to 19 flying species, indicating higher species richness among flightless insects in the study area.

Bouchard and Brooks Studied the Effect of Insect Flight on Dispersal