..... is defined as the number of species represented in a specific region, landscape or an ecological community.

ECOLOGY

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____ is defined as the number of species represented in a specific region, landscape or an ecological community.

A	Coevolution
B	Commensalism
C	Species richness
D	Population density

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Species richness is the number of different species represented in an ecological community, landscape or region.

Detailed explanation-2: -Species richness is simply the number of species in a community.

Detailed explanation-3: -The term population refers to the total number of individuals of the same species occupying a particular geographic area at a given time. All the frogs living in a given pond constitute a population. Organisms of the same kind may form several populations inhabiting different geographical areas.

Detailed explanation-4: -Species Diversity is simply the number and relative abundance of species found in a given biological organisation (population, ecosystem, Earth). Species are the basic units of biological classification and hence, this is the measure most commonly associated with the term ‘biodiversity’.

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LIFE SCIENCE

OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE

ECOLOGY