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What is Species Richness?

Answer – The term ‘species richness’ refers to the number of species that can be found within a defined area.  

Explanation:

The species richness of an area, biological community or ecosystem is simply a numerical count of the number of different species that can be found within it. On its own, it is not a measure of the species diversity of that place. For instance, several different species may be found in an ecosystem. However, if the individual populations of some of the species is low, the diversity of that ecosystem is low.


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