Question

6. What are the reasons for greater
biodiversity in the tropies?​

Answer 1

There are three different reasons which explain why there is species richness in the tropics.

Tropical latitudes receive more solar energy than temperate regions, which leads to high productivity and high species diversity.

Tropical regions have less seasonal variations and have a more or less constant environment. This promotes the niche specialization and thus, high species richness.

Temperate regions were subjected to glaciations during the ice age, while tropical regions remained undisturbed which led to an increase in the species diversity in this region.

Answer 2

Explanation:

the higher temperature in the tropics causes higher rates of metabolism, ecological dynamic and coevolutionary processes, which generate and maintain higher biodiversity