NewFor Blog: on biodiversity and its measures.
Por Rens Brouwer In other blogs have discussed the variety of species that are being used in restoration plantations and already noticed that each species has its particularity, shape and function in an ecosystem. This variety of species is what we call biodiversity. But there are many other concepts that fall under the umbrella of biodiversity. In this blog I explain biodiversity and its measures. Biodiversity is basically the variety within and among life forms on a site, ecosystem, or landscape. When we hike through a forest we see a diverse range of plants and trees in all shapes and sizes, and we can describe their variation in multiple ways. For example, we can look at the genetic diversity (family, species, varieties, etc.), or in life form diversity (grasses, herbs, trees, lianas, epiphytes, etc.), but also at the diversity of characteristics or functions that life forms and species have (deep rooted, nitrogen-fixing, animal-dispersed seeds, evergreen, et...