diversity, or variety, in the living things in a particular area, region, etc. at a particular time
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The definition of biodiversity refers to the amount of diversity between different plants, animals and other species in a given habitat at a particular time.
The different varieties and types of animals and plants that live in the ocean is an example of biodiversity.
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- The number and variety of species found within a specified geographic region.
- The variability among living organisms on the earth, including the variability within and between species and within and between ecosystems.
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The number, variety, and genetic variation of different organisms found within a specified geographic region.
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biodiversity - Medical Definition
n.
- The number and variety of species found within a specified geographic region.
- The variability among living organisms on the earth, including the variability within and between species and within and between ecosystems.
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Sentence Examples
- The rate and scale of change has simply proved too immense for much of Surrey's biodiversity to adapt and respond to.
- Topics cover things like anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, and biodiversity.
- Ken Ausubel, one of the founders of Seeds of Change, has written several books on biodiversity.
- This adds up to fully five percent of the earth's biodiversity, an unheard of concentration of unique species in such a small area.
- Whenever forests are destroyed, the new space decreases biodiversity and increases the greenhouse effect, not to mention how it displaces animals and people, leading to the extinction of some animal and plant species.
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