AIIMS 2007
- Exam
- AIIMS
- Year
- 2007
- Subject
- Botany
- Chapter
- Ecosystem
AIIMS 2007 · Botany · Ecosystem
Beta diversity is diversity
Beta diversity is diversity
Options
- Ain a community
- Bbetween communities
- Cin a mountain gradient
- Don a plain.
Correct answer
B. between communities
Step-by-step solution
Community and ecosystem diversity is of three types (\alpha, \beta) and (\gamma). (\beta)-diversity (between community diversity) is a biodiversity which appears in a range of communities due to replacement of species with the change in community habitat due to presence of different microhabitats, niches and difference in environmental conditions.