Refer to the figures.
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 1 depicts Hacker and Gaines' tests of the role of positive interactions in the intermediate disturbance hypothesis and Figure 2 depicts their theoretical model. They experimentally explored the combined species diversity of plants and arthropods in intertidal communities that varied in disturbance and whether a facilitating rush species, Juncus, was present. What conclusions about the role of positive interactions in determining species diversity can you draw from Figure 1? Do they confirm or refute the theoretical predictions of their model? Explain your reasoning.

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Refer to the figures.
Figure 1
  Figure 2
  Figure 1 depicts Hacker and Gaines' tests of the role of positive interactions in the intermediate disturbance hypothesis and Figure 2 depicts their theoretical model. They experimentally explored the combined species diversity of plants and arthropods in intertidal communities that varied in disturbance and whether a facilitating rush species, Juncus, was present. What conclusions about the role of positive interactions in determining species diversity can you draw from Figure 1? Do they confirm or refute the theoretical predictions of their model? Explain your reasoning.

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The Answer of Refer to the figures.
Figure 1
  Figure 2
  Figure 1 depicts Hacker and Gaines' tests of the role of positive interactions in the intermediate disturbance hypothesis and Figure 2 depicts their theoretical model. They experimentally explored the combined species diversity of plants and arthropods in intertidal communities that varied in disturbance and whether a facilitating rush species, Juncus, was present. What conclusions about the role of positive interactions in determining species diversity can you draw from Figure 1? Do they confirm or refute the theoretical predictions of their model? Explain your reasoning.

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