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Preferred term

biodiversity

Is replaced by

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. , "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species_diversity

Broader concept

deprecated concept

Note

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

Scope note

US LTER controlled vocabulary

Contributor

0000-0003-0320-0692

Creator

herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

In other languages

French

diversité biologique

Italian

biodiversità

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/USLterCV_64

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

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