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Hot spots in ecology are the regions of high _______ .


Options:
A .   extinction
B .   biodiversity
C .   endangered species
D .   (a) and (b) above.
Answer: Option B
:
B
Hotspots are the areas of high endemism and high level of species richness. There aee some 34 hotspots identified. Out of which 3 of them occur in India- Western Ghats and Sri Lanka, Indo-Burma and Himalaya. Hotspots cover less than 2% of the total area but contain around 44% of species.

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