单词 | biological diversity |
释义 | > as lemmasbiological diversity biological diversity n. Ecology = biodiversity n.In quot. 1880 in a more general sense. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > balance of nature > [noun] > biodiversity biological diversity1916 species richness1972 biodiversity1985 1880 R. Meldola tr. A. Weismann Stud. Theory of Descent i. vi. 113 The different external appearance of species as well as their physiological and biological diversity [is] thus explained.] 1916 Sci. Monthly July 49 The bare statement that the region contains a flora rich in genera and species..is entirely inadequate as a description of its real biological diversity. 1958 Times 1 Aug. 9/7 Each valley shows the extraordinary biological diversity so characteristic of the Amazon. 2006 Science 6 Oct. 102/1 The most striking large-scale pattern in biological diversity is the dramatic increase in the number of species and higher taxa from the poles to the tropics. < as lemmas |
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