1) Diverseness 2) Diversity 3) Multifariousness 4) Variety
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a broad term used to describe the total number of species in an ecosystem, as compared to the total number of individuals. Scientists report on the number of species in the natural world, and they refer to this as the biodiversity of their study area. There are a variety of complex technical definitions of biodiversity.
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A variety of life forms that exist within an ecosystem
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Derived from the term “biological diversity�. The variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part.
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: The range of plant and animal species and communities associated with terrestrial, aquatic and marine habitats.
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(1) the variety of life forms, the ecological roles they perform, and the genetic diversity they contain (Wilcox 1980:640); (2) the variety from molecular, population, and interspecific levels up to the heterogeneity of ecosystems and landscapes (Hansen and diCastri 1990:5) (syn. biological diversity).
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Biodiversity is the variety of all life forms: the different plants, animals and micro-organisms, their genes and the ecosystems of which they are a part. Biodiversity underpins the processes that make life possible.
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(1) the variety of life forms, the ecological roles they perform, and the genetic diversity they contain (Wilcox 1984:640); (2) the variety from molecular, population, and interspecific levels up to the heterogeneity of ecosystems and landscapes (Hansen and diCastri 1992:5) (syn. biological diversity).
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(1) the variety of life forms, the ecological roles they perform, and the genetic diversity they contain (Wilcox 1984640); (2) the variety from molecular, population, and interspecific levels up to the heterogeneity of ecosystems and landscapes (Hansen and diCastri 19925) (syn. biological diversity).
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(Learning Modules / Biology / DNA / Glossary) An ecological term reflecting the degree of genetic variability in an ecosystem. Generally, the larger the biodiversity the greater the ecosytem's ability to respond to change, due to the richness of genetic potential within it.
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(Living things in their environment) variety in and between organisms, species and ecosystems
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A diversity of living things, the scope of which can usually be inferred from the context or specific modifiers in/with which the term is used, i.e., 'biodiversity' referring to organisms in general, or in more restricted reference to a particular taxonomic group, such as 'Corydoras biodiversity,' referring to the diversity of a specific taxon.
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(biological diversity) The variety and variability (both in numbers and frequency) of the organisms and the genetic variability within each species. The term can be used to describe a particular site, a general habitat type, a small or large geographic region, or (less correctly), the genetic diversity of a particular species or population. (See ge...
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(L: bios=life; diversitas variety) the variety of living organisms in all their forms and combinations.
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(1) The variety of life forms, the ecological roles they perform, and the genetic diversity they contain (2) The variety from molecular, population, and interspecific levels up to the heterogeneity of ecosystems and landscapes (synonym
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Convention on Biological Diversity
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biodiversity 1. The number and variety of organisms in a given locality, community, or ecosystem.. 2. In different contexts it may denote: the number of different species present in a given environment (species diversity); the genetic diversity within a species (genetic diversity); the number of different ecosystems present in a given environment (...
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The total variation in life, including the number of species, the degree of genetic variation within species, the different types of ecosystems, and the all ecosystem functions.
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Diversity of plant and animal life, especially as represented by the number of extant species.
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a term meaning the variety of life, in all its forms.
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An accepted shortening of the phrase ‘biological diversity’ commonly used to describe species richness. The biological variation found in a defined spatial area: can refer to variation at the level of genome, phenotype, species, community or ecosystem.
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diversity of all living organisms.
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noun the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole); `a high level of biodiversity is desirable`
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the biological variety of a particular environment as reflected by the number of different species of plant and animals present
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Biodiversity reflects the number, variety and variability of living organisms. It includes diversity within species, between species, and among ecosystems. The concept also covers how this diversity changes from one location to another and over time. The promotion of biofuel production might accelerate global species loss because it encourages the ...
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