Difference between Biodiversity and Species richness
No. |
Biodiversity |
Species richness |
1. | All the species, genes, ecosystem and ecological processes are different variety of life which is present on the earth and this is known as Biodiversity. | The number of species which is present in a specific or particular area, this is known as Species richness. |
2. | Various life variety which found on the earth is referred as Biodiversity. | Different species which found in particular areas are referred as Species richness. |
3. | This term applies to species level, genetic level, ecosystem and whole planet. | This term applies to the number of species. |
4. | Biodiversity includes some area such as ecological, taxonomical and economic values. | Species richness includes taxonomical diversity. |
5. | Biodiversity includes what, how, when, who, how many forms are there. | Species richness only includes number of species. |
6. | Biodiversity normally contains broader field that species richness. | Species richness mainly focuses on the number of species. |
7. | Shortly, it is variety of life forms. | Shortly, it is number of species. |