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variety of organisms including their unique attributes
e.g. genetics, adaptations, and species interactions |
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How many species been indentified?
how many have been estimated to exist? |
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| Biodiversity _____ towards the equator |
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Biodiversity increases towards the equator
greater speciation(evolutionary process by which new species arise) and less extinction |
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Biodiversity increases towards the equator
Productivity( energy-diversity) |
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| more ENERGY available to share among organisms |
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Biodiversity increases towards the equator
Environmental heterogeneity |
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| environment provides a greater number of niches(habitats) |
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Biodiversity increases towards the equator
Favorableness
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| minimal environmental stress |
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Biodiversity increases towards the equator
Niche Breadth |
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| niches overlap more or are narrower |
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Biodiversity increases towards the equator
Greater Tropical land area which increases ______ and reduces extinction
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Biodiversity increases towards the equator
Richness ______ with latitude away from equator
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Biodiversity increases towards the equator
Speciation |
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| evolutionary process by which new species arise (extinction is reverse of this) |
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Biodiversity increases towards the equator
Temperate forest of east asia |
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| far richer in species than those of europe and North America; greater percentage of tree genera extinct in Europe than E asia and eastern north america--cause by glaciation |
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