Biodiversity Flashcards
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Biodiversity
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The number and variety of organisms found within a specified geographic region, or ecosystem
Also refers to the variability amount living organisms, including the variability within and between species and within the ecosystem
2
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Species richness
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Refers to the number of different species found in an ecosystem
3
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Law of Tolerance
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Describes the degree to which living organisms are capable of tolerating changes in their environment
4
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Law of the Minimum
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States that living organisms will continue to live, consuming available materials until the supply of those materials is exhausted
5
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theory of island biogeography
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A field that studies species richness and diversification in isolated communities: oceanic islands and other isolated ecosystems
