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  4. Alexander von Humboldt observed that, within a region species richness......... with increasing explored area. The most appropriate word to fill the blank is

Q. Alexander von Humboldt observed that, within a region species richness......... with increasing explored area. The most appropriate word to fill the blank is

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Alexander von Humboldt was a German naturalist and geographer who described species-area relationship for the first time. He did extensive explorations in the wilderness of South American forests and observed that within a region, species richness increases with increasing explored area, but up to a certain limit.