【单选题】Neotropical coastal mangrove forests are usually “zonal,” with certain mangrove species foundpredominantly in the seaward portion of the habitat and other mangrove species on the morelandward portions...
A.
refute the idea that the zonation exhibited in mangrove forests is caused by adaption to salinity
B.
describe the pattern of zonation typically found in Florida mangrove forests
C.
argue that Davis’ succession paradigm cannot be successfully applied to Florida mangrove forests
D.
discuss hypotheses that attempt to explain the zonation of coastal mangrove forests
E.
establish that plants that do well in saline forest environments requre salt to achieve maximum metabolic efficiency