biodiversity Flashcards
individual
a single organism of a scpecies
population
a group or organisms from the same species living in the same area
community
several different species living in the same area
eco system
the interaction of a comunity or living organisma and with the non-living parts of the environment
habitat
a place where an organism lives
biodiversity
the veriety or life froms within a given ecosystem, biom or the world
what are the 3 levels of biodiversity ?
habitat
species
genetic
species diversity
the number of different species in an area
habitat diversity
the number of different habitats in an area
genetic diversity
the diversity in genes within a species
species richness
the number of different species in an area
species eaveness
the measure of the disprobution of abundance of the species in a community
simpsoms index of dencity equasion
D=1-(sum of (n/N)squared)
equation to find the proportion of polymorphic gene loci
number of gene loco / total number of loci
three catigorys for maintaining biodiversity
ecological
economic
aesthetic
