
1) protect species richness to maintain ecosystem functional diversity and enhance ecosystem function and stability 2) protect keystone species, which have greatest effects on overall ecosystem function 3) protect species with unique (specialized) functions, not easily replaced by other species
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Ecosystem diversity is a term that incorporates both habitat and community diversity. A habitat is the environment in which an organism or species lives and includes the physical characteristics (e.g. climate or the availability of suitable food and shelter) that make it especially well suited to meet the life cycle needs of that species.
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According to the Encyclopedia of Earth, species diversity is a measurement of an ecosystem’s species richness and species evenness. If an ecosystem has poor species diversity, it may not function properly or efficiently. A diverse species assemblage also contributes to ecosystem diversity.
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[Ecosystem Diversity-] Varity of habitats, living communities, and ecological processes in the living world.
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Ecosystem Diversity Introduction. Biodiversity, a combination of the words biological and diversity,... Historical Background and Scientific Foundations. WORDS TO KNOW. BIODIVERSITY: Literally,"life diversity": the wide range... Impacts and Issues. Biodiversity in all of its forms—ecological, ...
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(c) Ecological diversity: This is the number of species in a community of organisms. Maintaining both types of diversity is fundamental to the functioning of ecosystems and hence to human welfare. India is one of the 12 centres of diversity and origin of several cultivated plants in the world.
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Ecosystem diversity. Ecosystem diversity refers to the diversity of a place at the level of ecosystems. The term differs from biodiversity, which refers to variation in species rather than ecosystems.
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3) The third level of biodiversity is ecosystem diversity. An ecosystem is the result of all the biological, climatic, geological and chemical"ingredients" in a particular area. This total combination of factors gives rise to certain kinds of plant and animal communities whose needs can be met by interacting with all the other parts of the system.
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Ecosystem diversity. Form of natural selection in which a single curve splits into two; occurs when individuals at the upper and lower ends of a distribution curve have higher fitness than individuals near the middle.
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Genetic, species, and ecosystem diversity. Biological diversity or biodiversity is gen erally divided into three fundamental categories: genetic diversity, species diversity, and ecosys tem diversity. Genetic diversity The genetic material of microorganisms, plants and animals contains information that
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