Aresearcher is comparing the species diversity of two islands. both islands are roughly equal in size. however, one island is much closer to the mainland. she determines that the s value for the island closer to the mainland is the s value for the island located farther from the mainland. in addition, she finds that the closer island's extinction rate is the extinction rate on the farther island.
a. lower than; higher than
b. higher than; lower than
c. lower than; the same as
d. the same as: lower than
e. higher than; the same as
f. the same as; higher than