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Life: Complexity and diversity

5. Distribution of diversity

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Diversity of life is unevenly distributed over the surface of the earth; especially rich are the tropics, mountainous regions and island archipelagos. Lying at the trijunction of Africa, temperate Eurasia and tropical Southeast Asia and enjoying a great diversity of environmental regimes, India ranks about the 10th amongst nations in terms of its diversity of species.

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  1. Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, 560 012, Bangalore, India

    Madhav Gadgil

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Gadgil, M. Life: Complexity and diversity. Reson 1, 8–13 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02837776

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