Question
Explain species diversity with suitable examples.
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Answer
- Species diversity is interspecific diversity due to number of species of plants and animals that are present in a region.
- It can be expressed by variety of species i.e. species richness as well as number of individuals of different species i.e. species evenness.
- E.g. Species diversity is more in Western Ghats than in Eastern Ghats.
- Natural undisturbed tropical forests have much greater species richness than monoculture plantation of timber plant, developed by forest plantation.
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