EXAMINE THE AFROTROPICAL AND NEOTROPICAL FOREST BIODIVERSITY WITH AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE ON HOW CHANGING CLIMATE PREDICTS ITS FUTURE
ABSTRACT Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. These characteristics are the expressions of genes that are passed on from parent to offspring during reproduction. Biodiversity refers to the variety of living species on Earth, including plants, animals, bacteria, and fungi. Africa is the second largest continent and comprises approximately 20% of the total land surface of the planet. The terrestrial Afrotropical biota exhib...