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Geography Optional 300+ Score Pack · Model answer

Plants and animals that exist in a particular ecosystem are those that have been successful in adjusting to their habitat and environmental conditions. Elucidate with examples.

  • UPSC 2022
  • Environmental Geography

The statement expresses environmental filtering: of all species that reach a place, only those whose tolerances and traits match its conditions survive and reproduce there.

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  • The Principles That Do the Filtering
  • How Organisms Adjust
  • Examples across Habitats
  • Why the Statement Is Only Half the Story
  • Arrival Comes Before Adjustment
  • Adjustment Lags behind Change

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