3.7 Components of Biodiversity Flashcards

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components of biodiversity (3)

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  • genetic diversity
  • species diversity
  • ecosystem diversity
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genetic diversity

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the number and frequency of all the alleles within a population

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how does a species lose some of its genetic diversity?

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if one population of a species dies out

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the loss of genetic diversity may limit…

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a species’ ability to adapt to changing conditions

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species diversity

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the number of different species in an ecosystem and the proportion of each species in the ecosystem

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a community with a dominant species has a lower species diversity than one with…

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the same species richness but no dominant species

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ecosystem diversity

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the number of distant ecosystems within a defined area

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