biodiversity
...ecotone is a “transition zone” where two or more different ecosystems and habitats overlap. This results in edge effects. Edge effects are when the two habitats meet and have a combination of characteristics from both. They tend to be a middle ground for habitats, warmer than one but not as warm as the other, sunnier than one but not as sunny as the other. Ecotones are important because they can create new habitats and allow different species that normally wouldn’t live in the same areas to mingle and create new biodiversity. If there are too many edges, it can hamper the diversity but natural causing edges introduce new species to each other. 3) Give two factors that make one biome more diverse than another. Why does an island such as Madagascar, have more species biodiversity than a small island in the Caribbean? What two factors determine the degree of biodiversity found on an island? Latitude and pollution in aquatic systems are 2 factors that increase the diversity of biomes. Islands in general have two major speci...