According to the diversity-stability hypothesis:
A) Genetic diversity is the most important part of ecosystem stability.
B) A loss of any species from an ecosystem leads to an approximately equal decline in stability.
C) The loss of a few species from an ecosystem does significantly affect ecosystem functioning.
D) Losing even a few species from an ecosystem causes a drastic decline in ecosystem stability.
E) Every species has an important role in ecosystem function,but we cannot predict the effect of species loss.
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Q2: Introduced species become invasive when they
A)compete with
Q3: Ecosystem diversity
A)is the diversity of animal species
Q4: Megadiversity countries are those countries which
A)spend the
Q5: Endangered species
A)will become extinct in the next
Q6: An endemic species is one that
A)has been
Q7: Threatened species
A)are rare species that are exploited
Q8: The idiosyncratic hypothesis suggests that:
A)Ecosystem function changes
Q9: Biological diversity is composed of what three
Q10: A large effective population size is important
Q11: The probable extinction of the ivory-billed woodpecker
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