Components Of Biodiversity Flashcards
1
Q
Components of biodiversity are?
A
Genetic diversity
Species diversity
Ecosystem diversity
2
Q
Genetic diversity
A
The number and frequency of all the alleles within a population
3
Q
Describe the effects of one population dying out
A
The species may have lost some of its genetic diversity and this may limit its ability to adapt to changing conditions
4
Q
Species diversity is?
A
The number of different species in an ecosystem (species richness) and the proportion of each species in the ecosystem (the relative abundance)
5
Q
Community with a dominant species has?
A
A lower species diversity than one with the same species richness but no particularly dominant species
6
Q
Ecosystem diversity
A
The number of distinct ecosystems within a defined area
