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Preferred term

biodiversity

Definition

  • [Henderson's] biological diversity q.v. As defined by the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity: “the variability among living organisms from all sources, including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part. This includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems.” The number of different living species is estimated at between 40 and 80 million, most of them still undiscovered and uncharacterized, each species containing yet further genetic diversity.

Broader concept

Note

  • [source of definition ] http://www.unep-wcmc.org/what-is-biodiversity_50.html" , "[controlled by ] Mark Frenzel, 22 May 2013

Scope note

  • US LTER controlled vocabulary

Contributor

  • 0000-0003-0320-0692

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

In other languages

Arabic

  • التنوع الحيوي - التنوع البيولوجي

Bulgarian

  • Биоразнообразие

Croatian

  • biološka raznolikost

Czech

  • diverzita biologická

Danish

  • biodiversitet

Dutch

  • biodiversiteit

Estonian

  • bioloogiline mitmekesisus, elustiku mitmekesisus

Finnish

  • elollisen luonnon monimuotoisuus

French

  • diversité biologique

German

  • Artenvielfalt

Greek

  • βιοποικιλότητα

Hungarian

  • biológiai sokféleség

Italian

  • biodiversità

Latvian

  • bioloģiskā daudzveidība

Lithuanian

  • biologinė įvairovė

Norwegian

  • biologisk mangfold

Polish

  • różnorodność biologiczna

Portuguese

  • biodiversidade

Romanian

  • biodiversitate

Slovak

  • biodiverzita

Slovenian

  • biotska raznovrstnost

Spanish

  • biodiversidad

Swedish

  • biologisk mångfald

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21673

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