Biology A-Level
Estimating species richness and abundance
What Estimating species richness and abundance means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Estimating species richness and abundance
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Sampling records which species are present and how many individuals of each there are in a limited number of small areas, rather than counting the whole habitat.
Topics that use Estimating species richness and abundance
- Biodiversity (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Aesthetic reasons for maintaining biodiversity
- Climate change
- Distinguishing reasons from conservation methods
- Ecological reasons for maintaining biodiversity
- Economic reasons for maintaining biodiversity
- Ex situ conservation methods
- genetic diversity
- Heterozygosity
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