Amazonian rain forests have the greatest biodiversity on earth. List any two hypotheses that are proposed by the biologists to account for the greater biological diversity.
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i. The Amazonian forests, called as the Lungs of Planet Earth with constant environments promote niche specialisation and lead to a greater species diversity. ii. Amazonian forests have remained relatively undisturbed for millions of years and thus, had a long evolutionary time for species diversification.
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