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Biodiversity
The degree of variation of living organisms - animals, plants, their habitats and their genes - within a given terrestrial or marine ecosystem. This includes diversity within species, between species, and of ecosystems.
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ecosystem diversity
Biology; Biodiversity
The variety of ecosystems that occurs within a larger landscape, ranging from biome (the largest ecological unit) to microhabitat.
endangered species
Biology; Biodiversity
A species that is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range due to persistent factors causing their vulnerability or decline.
habitat fragmentation
Biology; Biodiversity
The situation when a continuous habitat has become divided into separate, often isolated small patches interspersed with other habitats. Small fragments of habitats can only support small populations ...
invasive alien species
Biology; Biodiversity
A species introduced outside its normal ecosystem usually due to human intervention. Its establishment and spread in the new environment modify the existing ecosystems, habitats, or species.
land cover
Biology; Biodiversity
The physical coverage of land by vegetation or the lack of it. The human use of a piece of land for a certain purpose such as irrigated agriculture or real estate development affects land cover.
indigenous people
Biology; Biodiversity
Original settlers of a place or country which has been overtaken by people from another culture or ethnic background through conquest, settlement, or other means. Indigenous people live more in ...
native people
Biology; Biodiversity
Original settlers of a place or country which has been overtaken by people from another culture or ethnic background through conquest, settlement, or other means. Indigenous people live more in ...
