measurments of biodiversity Flashcards
what is biodiversity?
variety of organisms in an area.
what is ecosystem diversity?
the number of habitats?
what is species diversity?
the number of species and the number of individuals in each species
what is genetic diversity?
the variation in alleles within a population of a species
what is an habitat?
The place where a species lives within an ecosystem.
what is a community?
the living organisms of all species found in a particular ecosystem at a particular time
what is a ecosystem?
a relatively self contained, interacting community of organisms and their enviroment
what is species richness?
the total number of different species in a habitat at a given time
how is species richness qauntified?
taking samples and counting each species present
what is species eveness?
a comparison of the number of individuals of each species in a community
how do u measure species eveness?
taking samples and counting individuals of each speicies
how to compare genetic diversity?
omparing the frequency of measurable or observable characteristics.
Comparing the base sequence of DNA.
Comparing the base sequence of mRNA.
Comparing the amino acid sequence of the proteins encoded by DNA and mRNA.
