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Why do animals have greater diversification than plant diversity?

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Animals have greater diversity tban plants because of:
(i) The abiotic factors affect more on plants than the animals, as the animals have the power of movements.
(ii) Natural factor Jike forest fire, cyclone etc., affects the plants more rather than animals, which move away from the place of occurrence.
(iii) The migration, a phenomenon of mass movement of a population from their habitat to outside more hospitable place to avoid harsh conditions is possible only in animals.
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