Biodiversity - Wikipedia Biodiversity is the variability of life on Earth It can be measured on various levels There is for example genetic variability, species diversity, ecosystem diversity and phylogenetic diversity [1] Diversity is not distributed evenly on Earth
Biodiversity | Definition Facts | Britannica 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
What is biodiversity? | Pages | WWF - World Wildlife Fund Biodiversity is all the different kinds of life you’ll find in one area—the variety of animals, plants, fungi, and even microorganisms like bacteria that make up our natural world
What is Biodiversity? Why Is It Important? | AMNH Biodiversity includes not only species we consider rare, threatened, or endangered but also every living thing—from humans to organisms we know little about, such as microbes, fungi, and invertebrates
Biodiversity - Education | National Geographic Society Biodiversity refers to all the different kinds of living organisms within a given area, including plants, animals, fungi and other living things It includes everything from towering redwood trees to tiny, single-cell algae that are impossible to see without a microscope Kinds of Biodiversity
What Is Biodiversity? | Smithsonian National Museum of . . . Biodiversity — short for biological diversity — is the variety of all living things and their interactions Biodiversity changes over time as extinction occurs and new species evolve Scientists often speak of three levels of diversity: species, genetic, and ecosystem diversity
1. Biodiversity: What is it, where is it, and why is it . . . Biodiversity is the variability among living organisms from all sources, including terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species, and of ecosystems