1. | Biodiversity is the term popularised by the sociobiologist Edward Wilson to describe the combined diversity at all levels of biological organisation. |
2. | IUCN stands for International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural resources. |
3. | Robert May places the global species diversity in the range of 20 to 50 million. |
4. | More than 25 percent of the drugs currently sold in the market are derived from the plants. |
Amongst the vertebrates, the Class with maximum number of species is:
1. | Pisces | 2. | Reptilia |
3. | Aves | 4. | Mammalia |
If we consider invertebrates, the maximum global biodiversity, after insects, is seen in:
1. | Crustaceans | 2. | Echinoderms |
3. | Mollusks | 4. | Annelids |