biodiversity Flashcards
biodiversity
Variety of living organism in an area
Endemism
A species is unique to a single place
Natural section
Leading to adaptations and evolution has increased biodiversity on Earth over time. But human activities reduce species biodiversity, causing biodiversity to fall
Species richness
Number of species in that area
hetrozygosity index
number of hetrozygotes / number of indiviuals in the population
D= N(N-1) / sum of n(n-1)
N = total number of organisims of all species
n = total number of organisms of one species
genetic diversity
vriety of alleles in a gene pool of a species
niche
role of a species withinits habitat
organims can be adaapted to the niche is 3 diff ways
behavioural, psysiologial and anatomical
behavioural adaptations
ways an organisms acts that increase the risk its chance of survival
physiological adaptations
processes in a organisms body that inceases the chance of survival