What is the primary ecological characteristic of the Upper Guinean forest ecosystem of southwestern Ghana?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Exceptional levels of species richness and biological endemism
- Step 1: The Upper Guinean forest is designated a Global Biodiversity Hotspot by Conservation International. Step 2. It harbors hundreds of plants, birds, and amphibians found nowhere else on Earth. Answer: Exceptional levels of species richness and biological endemism. Why not the others: It has enormous plant diversity; freezing winters are impossible in tropical latitudes; Ghana has no active volcanoes.
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