Some biologists believe that the latitudinal gradient in species diversity reflects the fact that high latitudes recently lay beneath large glaciers. if there had been no recent ice age, would we still expect to see a latitudinal diversity gradient?

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Stewart

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6 January, 02:48

Some biologists believe that the latitudinal gradient in species diversity reflects the fact that high latitudes recently lay beneath large glaciers. if there had been no recent ice age, would we still expect to see a latitudinal diversity gradient?

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If there had been no recent ice age, we will still expect to see a latitudinal diversity gradient, because, with or without recent glaciation of high latitudes, there is still less energy available at high latitudes to support diverse biomes.