Processes and Factors Influencing Biodiversity
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- Created on: 16-04-17 17:19
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Factors Affecting Distribution:
- Climate
- Adiabatic lapse rate - 1 degrees lost for every 200m
- Closer you are to the sea the wetter the climate
- Soil - nutrient rich = more biodiversity
- Isolation - reduces number of species but increases endemism eg. Hawaii
- History & age - biodiversity is greatest in oldest and least disturbed ecosystems especially in Tropics
- Size of an area - large continuous biomes support wider range of species and encourage migration
Global:
- Size of an area - biodiversity increases with area because large continuous biomes support a wider range of biodiversity and large boundaries encourage migration
- History & age…
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