Tropical Forests Species Diversity Is

Question

Tropical forests species diversity is
A) affected by environmental filtering and negative density-dependent effects.
B) affected only by environmental filtering.
C) affected only by negative density-dependent effects.
D) determined by the C:N ratio
E) none of the above

Accepted Answer

Tropical forest species diversity is influenced by both environmental filtering, which determines which species can survive in a given environment, and negative density-dependent effects, which limit species abundance due to factors like competition and predation.