Biodiversity Mechanisms

[!summary] Scope Exploring the evolutionary and ecological mechanisms that drive and maintain biodiversity.

🔑 Core Questions

• In Pianka 1966, six different hypotheses (time, spatial, competition, predation, climate, and productivity) are analyzed. How have these evolved since the 60s?
• Can we measure genetic diversity as a more precise alternative to the Shannon Diversity Index?

💡 Ideas

• The definition of a “species” remains ambiguous in biology, complicating traditional diversity measurements.
• Biodiversity is intrinsically linked to energy flow and ecosystem stability.

Relationships

• Related: Biological Sciences, Diversity