This means the same as diversity or biodiversity It is measure of how many different species exist in an area at a given time There are various ways to calculate diversity, and the best way to measure it is a cause of arguements amongst scientists still
Diverse people or things are very different from each other. Jones has a much more diverse and perhaps younger audience. very different from each other (diversus, past participle of divertere; DIVERT)
distinctly dissimilar or unlike; "diverse parts of the country"; "celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan"; "animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth"