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- The wide diversity and interrelatedness of earth organisms
based on genetic and environmental factors. Susan Allender-
Hagedorn and Charles Hagedorn - Cite This Source - This
Definition - The variability among living organisms from all
sources, including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other
ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part;
this includes diversity within species, between species and of
ecosystems. Synonyms: biological diversity, ecological
diversity. UN Food and Agriculture Organization - Cite This
Source - This Definition - biological diversity, centre of
origin, Convention on Biological Diversity, ecological
diversity, ex-situ conservation, gene (resources) conservation,
modern biotechnology, semi-permeable membrane