Question

Latitude range with maximum species diversity is

• A. ${23.5}^{0}N-{66.5}^{0}N$
• B. ${23.5}^{0}S-{66.5}^{0}S$
• C. ${23.5}^{0}N-{23.5}^{0}S$
• D. ${66.5}^{0}N-{66.5}^{0}S$

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

• Latitudinal gradients of biodiversity are biogeographic patterns that quantify the ways in which taxonomic, phylogenetic, functional, genetic, or phenetic biodiversity change with the latitudinal position on the surface of the earth.
• Species richness, or biodiversity, increases from the poles to the tropics. So the latitude range with maximum species diversity is the equator region, which is option C.