AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Biodiversity is a measure that combines richness and evenness across species. It is often measured because high biodiversity is perceived a synonymous with ecosystem health.

Detailed explanation-2: -Biodiversity is all the different kinds of life you’ll find in one area-the variety of animals, plants, fungi, and even microorganisms like bacteria that make up our natural world. Each of these species and organisms work together in ecosystems, like an intricate web, to maintain balance and support life.

Detailed explanation-3: -Current studies prevalently apply three main methods to measure biodiversity: calculating the number of species; Shannon’s diversity index; emergy method (systemic approach).

Detailed explanation-4: -Biodiversity refers to the biological variety and variability of life on Earth. Biodiversity is a measure of genetic, species, and ecosystem variation.