Biodiversity and Conservation — Flashcards

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Biodiversity is the variety of life around us. It includes diversity within species, between species, and among ecosystems. In the simplest sense, it is the sum total of species richness in a given ha…

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Walter G. Rosen coined the term biodiversity in 1985, and Edward Wilson popularised it to describe the combined diversity at all levels of biological organisation.

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Biodiversity is the variability among living organisms from all sources including terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystems, and the ecological complexes of which they are a part. It includes …

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The three main types are genetic diversity, species diversity, and ecosystem diversity. Genetic diversity is variation within a species, species diversity is the variety of species in a region, and ec…

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Genetic diversity refers to variation in genes within a species. It creates differences among individuals and populations of the same species. A clear example is the large number of genetically differ…

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Species diversity refers to the variety of species within a region. It is related to species richness, which means the number of different species present in a habitat. For example, the Western Ghats …

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Ecosystem diversity refers to the variety of ecosystems, landforms, and habitats in a region. India shows high ecosystem diversity because it has deserts, rain forests, mangroves, coral reefs, wetland…

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India is one of the 12 mega diverse countries and together they possess 60 to 70 per cent of the world's biodiversity. India has a wide range of climates, eight floristic regions, rich plant diversity…