Biodiversity - The variety of life in an area or in the world, Species Diversity - The type of biodiversity that focuses on the different species in an area, Genetic Diversity - The type of biodiversity that focuses on differences in DNA within a species, Ecosystem Diversity - The type of biodiversity that focuses on the variety of different biomes throughout the world, Species Abundance - The total number of individuals of a particular species that live in a particular area, Species Richness  - The total number of different species in an area, Species Evenness - How different species are distributed throughout an area, Simpson's Index - A measurement used to determine how biodiverse an area is, Resistant - The ability to not be affected by something, Resilient - The ability to bounce back or recover from something, Susceptable - Likely to be affected by something, Keystone Species - A species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend. Removing this species would permanently change the ecosystem., Indicator Species - A species that can only live and reproduce in one particular area. This species is sensitive to changes in its environment.,

Biodiversity Vocabulary

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