SOME IMPORTANT TERMS OF BIODIVERSITY

* ABIOTIC COMPONENTS:-

THE NON-LIVING COMPONENTS OF AN ECOSYSTEM SUCH AS THE NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS.

* BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OR BIODIVERSITY:-

THE VARIETY OF LIFE FORMS: THE DIFFERENT PLANTS, ANIMALS AND MICRO ORGANISMS, THE GENES THEY CONTAIN, AND THE ECOSYSTEM THEY FORM.

* BIOTIC COMPONENTS:-

THE LIVING COMPONENTS OF AN ECOSYSTEM.

* COMMUNITY:-

THE COLLECTION OF ALL THE INTERACTING POPULATIONS OF DIFFERENT  SPECIES EXISTING IN GEOGRAPHICAL AREA.

* ECOSYSTEM DIVERSITY:-

THE VARIETY OF HABITATS FOUND IN AN AREA.

* ECOSYSTEM:-

A COMMUNITY OF LIVING ORGANISMS (POPULATIONS OF SPECIES)  INTERACTING WITH ONE ANOTHER AND WITH ITS NON-LIVING PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT.

* FAUNA:-

ALL THE ANIMALS LIVING IN AN AREA.

* FLORA:-
ALL THE PLANTS OF A PARTICULAR AREA.
* GENETIC DIVE5RSITY:-
THE VARIETY IN THE GENETIC MAKE UP AMONG INDIVIDUALS WITHIN A SPECIES.
* HABITAT:-
THE PLACE OR TYPE OF SITE WHERE AN ORGANISM NATURALLY OCCURS.
* INTRINSIC VALUE OF DIVERSITY:-
VALUE BASED ON THE VIEW THAT BIODIVERSITY IS WORTH PROTECTING FOR ITS OWN SAKE REGARDLESS OF ITS VALUE TO HUMANS.
* INSTRUMENTAL VALUE OF BIO-DIVERSITY:-
THE VALUE OF BIODIVERSITY ARISING FROM ITS USEFULNESS TO HUMAN BEINGS.
* MICRONUTRIENTS: -
 ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS WHICH LIVING ORGANISMS (INCLUDING HUMAN BODIES AND PLANTS) NEED IN VERY LOW CONCENTRATIONS FOR NORMAL GROWTH.
* POPULATION:-
THE MEMBERS OF A SPECIES LIVING AND INTERACTING WITHIN A SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHICAL REGION.
* SPECIES:- 
A GROUP OF ORGANISMS CAPABLE OF INTERBREEDING FREELY WITH EACH OTHER BUT NOT WITH MEMBERS OF OTHER SPECIES.
* SPECIES DIVERSITY: - 
THE NUMBER OF PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES PRESENT IN A COMMUNITY OR AN ECOSYSTEM .