Class 12 Botany simulations · Biodiversity and Conservation

Latitudinal gradient in diversity

Move from the equator to the poles and see how the number of bird species falls.

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What to notice

Tropics have had a long evolutionary time, a more stable climate and more solar energy, so they hold more species.

Key relation

Species diversity decreases from the equator towards the poles

Try this

Compare Colombia with Greenland: how many times more bird species?

What you can change

• Latitude: 0 to 80 ° N

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