10.2 - Diversity within a community

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  • What’s species diversity ?
    The number of different species and individuals of each species in a community
  • What’s genetic diversity ?
    The variety of alleles in a population of species
  • What’s ecosystem diversity ?
    Range of different habitats
  • What’s species richness ?
    Number of different species in a community
  • What‘s species abundance ?
    The number of individuals of a species in a given area
  • What does the index of diversity measure?
    The relationship between the number of species in a community and the number of individuals in each species
  • What’s the equation for index of diversity ?
    d=d=N(N1)Σn(n1)\frac{N\left(N-1\right)}{\Sigma n\left(n-1\right)}