Consider the following statements regarding the patterns of biodiversity: A. Species diversity generally decreases as we move from the equator towards the poles. B. India, with much of its land area in the temperate latitudes, has more than 1200 species of birds. C. A forest in Ecuador has up to 10 times as many species of vascular plants as a forest of equal area in the Midwest of the USA. D. Greenland at 71^ N has

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Statement A is correct as species diversity generally decreases as we move away from the equator towards the poles due to latitudinal gradients. Statement B is incorrect because India has much of its land area in the tropical latitudes, not temperate latitudes, which contributes to its high avian diversity of over 1200 species. Statement C is correct as a forest in a tropical region like Ecuador has up to 10 times as many species of vascular plants as a forest of equal area in a temperate region like the Midwest of