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Biodiversity
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Biodiversity is the totality of genes, species and ecosystems found within a region, encompassing genetic variability within a species, the variety of species themselves, and the diversity of ecosystems across a landscape. It is used across ecology as a broader, more encompassing measure than the older terms species diversity and species richness.
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Proposed YearSourced to the subject's own accountRosen introduced the contracted term biodiversity at the National Forum on BioDiversity, September 1986. Proposed BySourced to the subject's own account Cross-Tradition Connections
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