Question

For frugivorous birds and mammals in the tropical forests of different continents the slope is found to be

Answer 1

Answer:

1.15

Explanation:

See NCERT 12 Bio Pg 262

Species area relation was made by Alexander von Humboldt ( German Naturalist )

• He observed that species richness increase with increase in explored area but only upto a limit

• The limit he made was b/w 0.1 - 0.2 regardless f taxonomic group

• If you analyse vey large area , you will find the slope to be in range of 0.6 -1.2

1. 0.6 resembles the Endamic species
2. 1.2 resembles Cosmopolitan

The steeper sloe means that

More z value and species distribution in more area with maximun richness is due to adaptation

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