collocation · academic
species richness
UK/ˈspiːʃiːz ˈrɪtʃnəs/US/ˈspiːʃiz ˈrɪtʃnəs/SPE·cies RICH·ness
The number of different species present in a given area.
Examples
“Protected areas often show higher species richness than logged forests.”
“Sampling multiple habitats gave a better estimate of species richness.”
“Islands can have high species richness despite small area when endemism is high.”
Band 8 sentence
“Conservationists prioritised sites with high species richness because they supported multiple ecosystem functions.”
Collocations
- high species richness
- measure species richness
Word family
Common mistakes
biodiversity→species richness
specieses richness→species richness
Say it for a higher band
5biodiversity→6species diversity→7+species richness
Synonyms
species diversity
Easily confused
species diversity
“Species diversity accounts for both the number of species and their relative abundance.”
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