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What is an example of high biodiversity?
Example of ecosystem with high biodiversity is tropical rain forest as seen in Amazon basin of south America. Such forests are also thriving in parts of central Africa and also in islands of Indonesia. In marine environment, coral reefs are example of high biodiversity aquatic ecosystems.
What has high species diversity?
The species diversity varies in a different geographical location with tropics having highest and declines as we move towards poles. The most species-rich environments are tropical rainforests, coral reefs and ocean bottom zone.
What makes an ecosystem have a high diversity?
A region with numerous interactions among organisms likely has a large number of species and high species biodiversity. If a region has high species biodiversity, it has a lot of genetic variability in the organisms that make up the ecosystem.
What is high functional diversity?
Functional diversity is of high ecological importance because it is capable of influencing several aspects of ecosystem functioning like ecosystem dynamics, stability, nutrient availability, etc. Functional diversity of a community can be measured by functional richness and evenness.
Is a high biodiversity good?
Biodiversity is important to humans for many reasons. Ecological life support— biodiversity provides functioning ecosystems that supply oxygen, clean air and water, pollination of plants, pest control, wastewater treatment and many ecosystem services.
How can you tell if biodiversity is high or low?
Diversity is defined as the measure of the number of different species in a biotic community. Generally speaking, diversity is high when there are many different species in a community and and low when there are few.
Which of the following has maximum species diversity?
Brazil is the Earth’s biodiversity champion. Between the Amazon rainforest and Mata Atlantica forest, the woody savanna-like cerrado, the massive inland swamp known as the Pantanal, and a range of other terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, Brazil leads the world in plant and amphibian species counts.
What are the 4 types of biodiversity?
Four Types of Biodiversity
- Species Diversity. Every ecosystem contains a unique collection of species, all interacting with each other.
- Genetic Diversity. Genetic diversity describes how closely related the members of one species are in a given ecosystem.
- Ecosystem Diversity.
- Functional Diversity.
What happens when there is high biodiversity?
Greater biodiversity in ecosystems, species, and individuals leads to greater stability. For example, species with high genetic diversity and many populations that are adapted to a wide variety of conditions are more likely to be able to weather disturbances, disease, and climate change.
Why is high biodiversity important?
Does it have a high or low biodiversity?
High biodiversity, with many species present, is good. It usually means that an ecosystem is healthy and relatively undisturbed by humans. Low biodiversity is characteristic of an unhealthy or degraded environment….
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What is taxonomic diversity?
Taxonomic diversity can be defined as the average taxonomic path between randomly chosen individuals. It takes into consideration taxonomic differences and heterogeneity (species richness and evenness). Taxonomic distinctness can be defined as the average taxonomic path between two individuals from different species.