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
Narrower concepts
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