Biodiversity in Byron Shire - Byron Shire Council

Biodiversity is the variety of life on earthBiodiversity is recognised at many differentlevels of organization, from the genetic throughthe species to the ecosystem.It consists of all the plants, the animals andthe micro-organisms, their constituent genes,their populations and the communities andecosystems of which they form a part.A common measure of biodiversity is at thespecies level. It is usual for vascular plantsand vertebrate animals to be the focus ofbiodiversity assessments as these tend to bethe best known groups of organisms.4