Question

By given the example of a tree explain various types species diversity.

Answer 1

A single tree may be considered a unit of alpha diversity (as it belongs to a particular habitat); its leaf may be considered as an area of point diversity (as many leaves together inhabit a tree); a group of trees present together as an area of gamma diversity (consisting of large number of trees) and the forest within which the trees are located as an area of epsilon diversity (as the forest represents a group of gamma diversity areas of trees).