A well-known result from ecology and evolution is the

Last updated: 7/10/2022

A well-known result from ecology and evolution is the species-area relationship, which says that the number of species S living in a confined area A scales as A2, where the value of the exponent z depends on the nature of the confined area. For oceanic islands, which have a clear boundary and well-defined area, z≈ 0.33. Suppose island B is 1/100 th the size of island A. If island A has 400 species, how many species do you predict for island B? Express your answer as a number of species.