What is the main factor contributing to the diversity of species in the Amazonian rain forest?

What is the main factor contributing to the diversity of species in the Amazonian rain forest?
  1. Time
  2. Constant environment
  3. Solar energy
  4. All of the above

Solution

Ecologists and evolutionary biologists have proposed that the main factor contributing to the diversity of species in the Amazonian rain forest is time, as tropical latitudes have remained relatively undisturbed for millions of years and thus, had a long evolutionary time for species diversification.

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