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Biodiversity
This collection provides an overview of what is meant by the term ‘biodiversity,’ and how we measure it. The collection reviews the different levels of biodiversity, or the ‘biodiversity hierarchy’ including: genetic and phenotypic diversity; population diversity; species diversity; community diversity; ecosystem diversity; landscape diversity; and historical and ecological biogeographic diversity.
- Author
- Nora Bynum
- Publisher
- Duke University
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Basic Sciences
Contents· 29 sections
- 1: Global Processes
- 1.1: Atmosphere and Climate Regulation
- 1.2: Land Use Change and Climate Regulation
- 1.3: Soil and Water Conservation
- 1.4: Nutrient Cycling
- 1.5: Pollination and Seed Dispersal
- 2: Definition of Biodiversity
- 3: Spatial Gradients in Biodiversity
- 4: Introduction to the Biodiversity Hierarchy
- 5: What is Biodiversity A comparison of spider communities
- 5.1: Objectives
- 5.2: Procedures
- 5.3: Level 1: Sorting and Classifying a Spider Collection and Assessing its Comprehensiveness
- 5.4: Level 2: Contrasting spider diversity among sites to provide a basis for prioritizing conservation efforts
- 5.5: Level 3: Considering evolutionary distinctiveness
- 6: Species Diversity
- 6.1: Species Diversity as a Surrogate for Global Biodiversity
- 7: Alpha Beta and Gamma Diversity
- 8: Introduction to Utilitarian Valuation of Biodiversity
- 9: Biodiversity over Time
- 10: A Brief History of Life on Earth
- 11: Ecosystem Diversity
- 12: Population Diversity
- 13: Biogeographic Diversity
- 14: Community Diversity
- 15: Ecoregions
- 16: Extinction
- 17: Landscape Diversity
- 18: Ecological Value