Plants that are common to the temperate midlatitudes could also thrive in the tropics if they were grown at higher elevations. T
he effects of altitudinal zonation on plants and animals are unique to Latin America. Altitudinal zonation has had a strong influence on the types of native plants and animals found in the Andes and other mountainous regions. Only a few zones of the mountains may be used for some agricultural purpose. Altitudinal zonation makes it possible to grow many different types of crops.
Altitudinal zonation makes possible to grow many different types of crops because of different climatic condition of the region. Each and every plant has different climatic and environmental requirements due to which different plants can be grown on different places where environment is suitable. Some plants needs cool environment so they can be grown on high altitude while some needs warm temperature which can be grown on lower altitudes near the equator.
The gradualism model depicts evolution as a slow steady process in which organisms change and develop slowly over time. In contrast, the punctuated equilibrium model depicts evolution as long periods of no evolutionary change followed by rapid periods of change.
