What is biodiversity ? | Ecology & Environment | Biology | FuseSchool

Biodiversity is a key concept in ecology and is of both local and global importance. Biodiversity is the degree of variation in life or, more simply, the number of different individuals and life forms in an area.

Scientists typically measure biodiversity at the genetic, species, or ecosystem level. For example, if you wanted to measure beetle biodiversity on a global scale, you would find that there are over 350,000 known species of beetles on the planet. However, if we wanted to measure beetle biodiversity locally, we might only find 10 or 20 species. The reason for this difference is that biodiversity varies greatly depending on location, habitat and species studied.

Generally speaking, biodiversity tends to be higher at the equator and decreases at higher latitudes, that is, the further away you go from the equator. Knowing this information, where would you hope to find the habitats with the lowest biodiversity?

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