Question

. Which of the following is gamma diversity ?
(a) Diversity in a single sample
(b) Sample within a habitat
(c) Diversity of an island or landscape (d) Total diversity of group of areas​

Answer 1

Answer:

(c) Diversity of an Island or landscape

Explanation:

The term was introduced by R.H. Whittaker together with the terms alpha diversity (a-diversity) and beta diversity (ß- diversity) . Whittaker's idea was that the total species diversity in a landscape (Y) is determined by two different things, the mean species diversity in sites or habitats at a more local scale (a) and the differentiation among those habitats (ẞ). According to this reasoning, alpha diversity and beta diversity constitute independent components of gamma diversity.

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