The diagram below shows changes in species composition for the first year after recolonization of mangrove islands that were defaunated (had their arthropod species removed).One hypothesis proposed for recolonization was that every island has a specific set of niches,and recolonization will be complete when the original set of species filling those niches has been reassembled.Do these data support that hypothesis? Why or why not? 
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