Ecological (Ecosystem) diversity

Ecosystem or ecological diversity refers to the different types of ecosystems and habitats found within a given geographical area, each with its own distinctive, interlinked community of species shaped by the particular features of that habitat. A region may contain one or many different ecosystem types. Ecosystem diversity is therefore very high in a country like India, which supports deserts, rain forests, deciduous forests, estuaries, wetlands and grasslands among many other ecosystem types, while it is comparatively low in a country like Norway. Even within India, the Western Ghats show remarkably high ecosystem diversity compared with relatively uniform landscapes such as Ladakh or the Rann of K …