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Preferred term

species richness

Definition

p[Henderson's] ecological diversity within a habitat due to the coexistence of many subtly different ecological niches, each occupied by a different species. This type of diversity results from competition between species that tends to reduce the variation within species as each species becomes more ﬁnely adapted to its niche. alt. niche diversiﬁcation. cf. beta diversity, gamma diversity./p

Broader concept

variable

Entry terms

alpha diversity
biotic diversity
richness of species

Note

[controlled by ] U Grandin, 2013-08-22

Scope note

US LTER controlled vocabulary

Contributor

0000-0003-0631-8231

Creator

herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/22287

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Created 3/31/16, last modified 3/21/22

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