The correlation between the area of an island and the number of species found there is referred to as:

A. species-area relationship.

B. latitudinal gradient.

C. theory of island biogeography.

D. immigration and extinction.

Answer: Option A.

It is called specie - area relationship.

Explanation:

Specie - area relationship in ecology describe the relationship between the area or habitat and the total number of species present in the area. It is also called species-area curve.

A larger area will contain a larger number of species.

A lot of factors determine the slope and elevation of specie-area relationship and they are, immigration and extinction rate, predator - prey dynamics, rate of disturbances between large and small area e. t. c.