3.1 Biodiversity

Biodiversity

Biodiversity

The total diversity of living systems. This includes the diversity of species, habitat diversity and genetic diversity.

Species diversity

Species diversity in communities is a product of two variables: the number of species (richness) and their relative proportions (evenness).

Habitat diversity

Habitat diversity refers to the range of different habitats in an ecosystem or biome.

Genetic diversity

Genetic diversity refers to the range of genetic material present in a population of a species.

Endemic

native or restricted to a particular area

e.g. the Bali Starling is found only on the island of Bali. It is endemic to Bali. It is a Bali endemic species.