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biodiversity
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Also known as: biological diversity, species diversity
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Animals & Nature
- Also called:
- biological diversity
- Related Topics:
- biodiversity loss
- hot spot
- species abundance
- species richness
- relative abundance
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What is the definition of biodiversity?
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biodiversity, the variety of life found in a place on Earth or, often, the total variety of life on Earth. A common measure of this variety, called species richness, is the count of species in an area. Colombia and Kenya, for example, each have more than 1,000 breeding species of birds, whereas the forests of Great Britain and of eastern North America are home to fewer than 200. A coral reef off northern Australia may have 500 species of fish, while the rocky shoreline of Japan may be home to only 100 species. Such numbers capture some of the differences ...(100 of 1358 words)