Define the term ‘biodiversity’ and name its types. - Vidyadip

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Define the term ‘biodiversity’ and name its types.

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Biodiversity : The word biodiversity is a contraction of the phrase “biological diversity”. Biodiversity includes all inherited information contained across all levels of variation, from genetic variation contained in individuals that then make up populations of species that form communities inhabiting ecosystems. Biodiversity is simply the variety of life on Earth, but its importance to global ecology has made it one of the most important concepts in modern science.
(i) Genetic diversity
(ii) Ecological diversity
(iii) Species diversity

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