TROPICAL RAINFORESTS - Notes

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TROPICAL RAINFORESTS ∙ Present day forests: - cover 7% of earth's land surface - contains >50% of world's species BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS 40 - 60% of all described and undescribed sopp occur in coral reefs : CORAL REEFS Cover ~ 600,000 km^2 Home to: - 25% of all marine fish - 25% of ocean species ENDEMISM AND SPECIES DIVERSITY High species d iversity and endemism are often correlated ∙ def: endemism where a spp. is found in a particular and nowhere else - ex:Madagascar - ~85% of spp. are endemic The two most species-rich ecosystems in the world are: - coral reefs - tropical rainforests What two factors are terrestrial biomes primarily characterized by? - D) average daily temperature and precipitation
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