How is species richness correlated with latitude?

Question

Just need to know how they correlate with one another

Answer 1

Hi Sarah,

I am not an ecologist but have taken a class sometimes ago. What you should now is that the latitudes run east to west and the latitude marked 0° is the equator. Most of the rainforest in the world are located close to the equator, the Amazon rainforest, the African rainforest and the rainforest  and the Southeast Asian rainforest.  These locations are rich in many species of animals and plants not found in other climates. Now there is more rainfall, abundant food supply, and preditor-prey levels are normal, less competition for survival assuming little or no outside interference. Hope this points you in the right direction.