Julia’s Blog

  Species Diversity is a very important thing and crucial in biology for many reasons.   “ Species diversity is the number of different species in a particular area and their relative abundance. The area in question could be a habitat, a biome or the entire biosphere.”   For one reason it is important to have diversity, because diverse ecosystems are more resilient to environmental changes. These environmental could be climate change or a natural disaster like flo oding or a forest fire which can happen very easily. Species diversity is also important for the food chain. As there are more food alternatives for animals, they are more likely to survive. A large variety of plants like tree plants is also very important as they store carbon and produce oxygen for better air quality .   But for species diversity there must also be species interactions. There are a few types of species interactions.   Competition- A competition is a n interaction betwee...