Genetic Diversity - Other Measures of Diversity

Other Measures of Diversity

Alternatively, other types of diversity may be assessed for organisms:

  • taxonomic diversity
  • ecological diversity
  • morphological diversity
  • Degeneracy

There are broad correlations between different types of diversity. For example, there is a close link between vertebrate taxonomic and ecological diversity.

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