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Author: Audesirk, Teresa, Gerald, Byers, Bruce E.
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Chapter 31, Problem 1FIB
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The variety of all plants and animals living together in ecosystem is called biodiversity. It is of three types: genetic, species and ecosystem, all the living organism are distributed according to their habitat.
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