Which of the following statements is false?
A) Conservation biologists select areas to be protected based solely on the number of species in the area.
B) Over 70 percent of all terrestrial vertebrate species live in hotspots that occupy less than one-sixth of Earth's land surface.
C) The tropics of South America are a hotspot for avian biodiversity.
D) Hotspots do not represent all of Earth's biodiversity.
E) All of the above are true; none is false.
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