Biodiversity is influenced by environmental factors like temperature, precipitation, and seasonality. Tundra environments have severe limiting factors for life.
Statement I : In Tundra climate, biodiversity is comparatively less. Statement II : Tundra climate has less reproductive warm period.
Asked in UPSC CDS 1 2018 · Topic: Biodiversity (Definition and Levels of Biodiversity (Genetic, Species, Ecosystem))
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