2.11 Biodiversity Flashcards

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Species diversity

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Number of different species in a community and number of individuals of each species in a community

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Biodiversity

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Variety of the living world

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Genetic diversity

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Variety of genes possessed by a species

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Ecosystem diversity

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Range of habitats in an area

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Large species diversity is when

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Equalest amount of each species

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Species diversity calculation

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N(N-1) / £n(n-1)

N is number of all organisms
n is organisms of each species

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Higher species diversity

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More stable ecosystem and less effected by climate change, more likely to have individuals that will survive change and reproduce

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Agriculture

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Artificial selection reduces genes, biomass mainly desirable alleles means that smaller area for other species, lose competition and die

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Deforestation

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Reduces ecosystem diversity, species don’t adapt quick enough to change and die

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