Botany - Biodiversity and its Conservation Question with Solution | TestHub
Choose CORRECT statements from the following.
(P) The Western Ghats have greater amphibian species diversity than the Eastern Ghats
(Q) Diversity exists at all levels of biological organization ranging from macromolecules within cells to biomes.
(R)Rauwolfia vomitoriashow the genetic variation in terms of potency and concentration of the reserpine produced.
(S) Norway has a greater ecosystem diversity than India.
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Socio-biologist Edward Wilson gave the term biodiversity to the combined diversity which is seen at the different levels of biosphere, where we find heterogeneity not only at species level but also at the level of macromolecules within cells. There are three different types of biodiversity patterns seen most commonly - genetic, species and ecological.Rauwolfia vomitoria growing in different regions of Himalayas has different potency and concentration of reserpine. This is an example of genetic diversity. When we compare the Eastern and Western Ghats we find that more species variations at the Western Ghats, this is species diversity. Ecological diversity can been seen in terms that the India has more ecosystem diversity than Norway due to the presence of deserts, rain forests, wetlands, etc.
