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      How Do I Understand Biodiversity?

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            Biodiversity refers to the variety of species and habitats in a particular area. India is one of the world's hotspots for biodiversity, with a high number of endemic species found nowhere else in the world. Biodiversity is important as it provides a gene bank for food, medicine, raw materials, and more. Documenting biodiversity is a difficult task, but it is necessary to understand the habitats and niches of species and sub-species. Biodiversity is constantly being modified by human activity and physical conditions. Preserving biodiversity is an intricate task as human activity has already modified it and 65% of biodiversity is found outside of protected areas.

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            Journal of Ecological Society
            Ecological Society
            2278-0823
            1 April 2009
            : 22
            : 1
            : 38-41
            Article
            10.54081/JES.019/07
            115adc48-fb1a-4428-b662-573f1df14bda
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            Published under Creative Commons Attribution NoDerivatives 4.0 International ( CC BY-ND 4.0). Users are allowed to share (copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format), as long as the authors and the publisher are explicitly identified and properly acknowledged as the original source, and the original work is not modified.

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            All data generated or analysed during this study are included in this published article (and its supplementary information files).
            Ecology
            Biodiversity,Western Ghats,Biodiversity Hotspots,Endemic Species,Forest Food,Habitat,Niches,Human Impact,Conservation,Protection

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