2.11 Biodiversity Flashcards
Species diversity
Number of different species in a community and number of individuals of each species in a community
Biodiversity
Variety of the living world
Genetic diversity
Variety of genes possessed by a species
Ecosystem diversity
Range of habitats in an area
Large species diversity is when
Equalest amount of each species
Species diversity calculation
N(N-1) / £n(n-1)
N is number of all organisms
n is organisms of each species
Higher species diversity
More stable ecosystem and less effected by climate change, more likely to have individuals that will survive change and reproduce
Agriculture
Artificial selection reduces genes, biomass mainly desirable alleles means that smaller area for other species, lose competition and die
Deforestation
Reduces ecosystem diversity, species don’t adapt quick enough to change and die