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INTERSPECIFIC DIVERSITY [1 record]

Record 1 2021-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
CONT

These two measures, species richness and relative importance, have been combined into a concept known as species diversity. Species diversity not only increases with additional species but also with increasing equality of the importance of the species considered.

CONT

Diversity is a fundamental property at all levels of ecological organization. At the community level, species (interspecific) diversity is recognized as one of the key factors governing community function and stability ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
CONT

La diversité s'applique, à la base, aux espèces d'une biocénose (diversité spécifique). Elle est exprimée sous la forme d'une relation entre le nombre d'individus (abondance) et le nombre d'espèces (richesse spécifique).

CONT

[La] diversité interspécifique [...] englobe toute la variété des espèces, des organismes unicellulaires comme le plancton aux organismes complexes comme l'ours blanc.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
DEF

Número y variedad de especies de la flora y la fauna presentes en un área determinada.

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