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Environment and Ecology Biodiversity

“It is a comparison of diversity between ecosystems, usually expressed as the change in amount of species between the ecosystem”. Which of the following diversity is being talked about in the above statement?

Alpha Diversity

Beta Diversity

Gamma Diversity

Species Evenness

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Explanation:

Imagine that you have a landscape containing of a number of separate sites and habitats. Alpha diversity is just the diversity of each site (local species pool). Beta diversity represents the differences in species composition among sites. Gamma diversity is the diversity of the entire landscape (regional species pool).