PUBLICATION W331A
Environmental Science — Biodiversity Counts
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Summary
Biodiversity is the variety of life in a community, including how many different species are present and how evenly they are represented. This lesson introduces simple ways to measure biodiversity using richness, evenness, and a diversity index, with hands-on counting activities. It also uses a simulated disaster scenario to show how more diverse communities tend to be more stable and explores how sampling size affects biodiversity estimates.
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