Question

Why are forests called "biodiversity hotspots"? Explain in 5 points.

Answer 1

*Forests are biodiversity hot spot. The measure of the biodiversity of an ares is the no. of species found there.
*A forest being home for range of different life forms from a tiny microorganisms fungi to animals like lions deer etc. and hence called biodiversity hotspots.
* They have very high levels of species richness
*They have very high degree of endemism (species unique to a defined geographic location)
* forest contain large varieties of plants and animals.it range of different life forms like bacteria,fungi etc