Biodiversity Flashcards
(4 cards)
1
Q
What is species richness?
A
A measure of the number of different species in a community
2
Q
What is an index of diversity?
A
The relationship between the number of species in a community and the number of individuals in each species
3
Q
What is an ecosystems carrying capacity?
A
The certain size of population of a species that an ecosystem can support
4
Q
What can affect the carrying capacity of an ecosystem?
A
-abiotic factors
-interactions between organisms
-interspecific and intraspecific competition and predation
