SPECIES

SPECIES
DIVERSITY IN
DIVERSITY IN
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITIES
ALYANA D. AGUSTIN
Reporter
 WHAT IS SPECIES?
• A set of individuals having the same
distinct characteristics and able to
mate and produce fertile offspring.
 SPECIES DIVERSITY
• The number and variety of life forms present
in a biological community.

Species Richness - is the number of different

kinds of species in a particular area.

Species evenness - is the abundance of the

individual members within a particular species
HOW MANY SPECIES DO
YOU THINK LIVE ON
EARTH?
 Types of
Species Based
on General
Ecological
Niche
 GENERALIST SPECIES

 have broad way of life, can live in a variety of

environments, eat many kinds of different foods,
often can tolerate a wide range of environmental
conditions and produce more young.
EXAMPLES OF GENERALIST SPECIES

COCKROACH RAT
 SPECIALIST SPECIES
 Live in a narrow niche

 They are able to live in one habitat, eat a

specific food, sensitive to changes in the
environment and usually produce new
offspring
EXAMPLES OF SPECIALIST SPECIES
Pandas Flamingo
Types of Species Based on
Specific Ecological Niche
 NATIVE SPECIES
 Endemic or local

 are organisms that can only be found in one place

and nowhere else

Examples:

Philippine Tamaraw

Philippine Tarsier

Philippine Bamboo Bat

 NON-NATIVE SPECIES
 exotic, invasive or alien
 are species that migrates either accidentally or
deliberately introduced into a new ecosystem

Examples:
• Golden Apple Snail or Golden Kuhol
• Tilapia
EXAMPLES OF NON-NATIVE
Golden Kuhol Tilapia
 KEYSTONE SPECIES
 Exist only in limited numbers but their
effect on the environment is great.
 They perform roles such as controlling
the population of other species by
eating sick and the old members
EXAMPLES OF KEYSTONE SPECIES
SHARK ALLIGATOR
 FOUNDATION SPECIES
 are organisms that helps create and
reshape habitats and ecosystems.
Ex. Beaver makes dams as a protected
area where it lives but the newly
formed habitat also house other
organisms such as birds, fish and insect