The species area relationship was discovered by Alexander Von Humboldt.
He discovered that as the area surveyed grows, so does the species richness, but only up to a point.
The rectangular hyperbola reflects the equation S = CAZ, where S represents species richness, A represents area, C represents a constant, and Z represents the regression constant.
The logarithmic form of the same equation, logS = logC + ZlogA, is represented by the straight line.
Final Answer:
The naturalist Alexander Von Humboldt was the one who investigated the relationship depicted in the graph. He discovered that, within a region, species richness rose as the investigated area grew larger, but only to a point.
