level: Components of Biodiversity
Questions and Answers List
level questions: Components of Biodiversity
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what are the components of biodiversity | genetic diversity species diversity ecosystem diversity |
| whwat is genetic diversity | the number and frequency of all the alleles within a population |
| what is the effect on genetic diversity if one population of a species dies out | that species may have lost some of its genetic diversity, which may limit its ability to adapt to changing conditions |
| what is species diversity | comprises the species richness and relative abundance of a species |
| what is species richness | the number of different different species in an ecosystem |
| what is relative abundance | the proportion of each species in the ecosystem |
| does a community with a dominant species have a higher or lower species diversity than one with the same species richness and no dominant species | lower species diversity |
| what is ecosystem diversity | the number of distinct ecosystems within a defined area |