Species Richness
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Amazon rainforest has over 16000 plant species while the Western Ghat hotspot in Indian peninsula has around 9200 plant species. Which one among the two would be considered to be a more diverse ecosystem when it comes to plant life?
- Western Ghats
- Both are equally diverse taking into account that Amazon covers larger land mass
- The number of plants need to taken into account before comparing the two ecosystems
- Amazon
Q. When compared to Amazon rainforest, which has over 16000 plant species, the Western Ghat hotspot in Indian peninsula has around 9200 plant species. Which one among the two would be considered to be the more diverse ecosystem when it comes to plant life?
- Amazon
- The number of plants need to taken into account before comparing the two ecosystems
- Both are equally diverse taking into account that Amazon covers larger land mass
- Western Ghats
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Species richness is simply a count of different species in a given area.
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Q. When compared to Amazon rainforest, which has over 16000 plant species, the Western Ghat hotspot in Indian peninsula has around 9200 plant species. Which one among the two would be considered to be the more diverse ecosystem when it comes to plant life?
- The number of plants need to taken into account before comparing the two ecosystems
- Western Ghats
- Amazon
- Both are equally diverse taking into account that Amazon covers larger land mass
