species diversity
Ecosystem's creature count
Species diversity is a measure of the variety of different species within a particular ecosystem, habitat, or region.
It encompasses both the number of species present (species richness) and how evenly individuals are distributed among those species.
Ecologists use species diversity as an indicator of ecosystem health, since greater diversity typically correlates with greater resilience to environmental disturbances.
The species diversity of coral reefs rivals that of tropical rainforests.
- food webInterconnected predator-prey relationships
- ecological nicheSpecies' functional environmental position
- alpha predatorDominant carnivore without predators
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- genetic variationInherited molecular differences
ecology · restoration · phylogenetics · resilience · old growth forest · habitat · conservation biology · national park · pollinator · native · habitat fragmentation · endangered · habitat loss · coral · fauna · rainforest · migration · wildlife
species diversitymonoculture
Single-crop agricultural system
monocropping · industrial agriculture · tree plantation · factory farming
species diversityspecies extinction
Permanent end of a lineage
biodiversity loss · mass extinction · dead zone · lifelessness
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