Question

Match Column-I with Column-II and select the CORRECT option from the codes given below.

	Column-I		Column-II
(1)	Rivet Popper hypothesis	(i)	Alexander von Humboldt
(2)	Long-term ecosystem experiments using outdoor plots	(ii)	David Tilman
(3)	Species-area relationships	(iii)	Paul Ehrlich

• A. $\left(\right.1\left.\right)-\left(\right.iii\left.\right), \, \left(\right.2\left.\right)-\left(\right.i\left.\right), \, \left(\right.3\left.\right)-\left(\right.ii\left.\right)$
• B. $\left(\right.1\left.\right)-\left(\right.iii\left.\right), \, \left(\right.2\left.\right)-\left(\right.ii\left.\right), \, \left(\right.3\left.\right)-\left(\right.i\left.\right)$
• C. $\left(\right.1\left.\right)-\left(\right.i\left.\right), \, \left(\right.2\left.\right)-\left(\right.iii\left.\right), \, \left(\right.3\left.\right)-\left(\right.ii\left.\right)$
• D. $\left(\right.1\left.\right)-\left(\right.ii\left.\right), \, \left(\right.2\left.\right)-\left(\right.iii\left.\right), \, \left(\right.3\left.\right)-\left(\right.i\left.\right)$

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Paul Ehlrich gave the Rivet Popper hypothesis regarding the species impact on ecosystem.
Alexander von Humboldt gave the species-area relationship on species richness interacting with ecosystem
David Tilman conducted ecological experiments on outdoor plots.