Question
How is biodiversity important for ecosystem functioning?
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Answer
Biodiversity is important for ecosystem functioning because,
- It contributes to productivity.
- It cause more efficient recycling of energy and matter.
- It has many alternative pathways for survival under diverse conditions.
- Rich biodiversity provides alternatives available at each trophic level. All organisms are linked in food chains and interact with their abiotic environment in such a way so as to keep the natural cycles going and make the ecosystems self - sustaining units. Disappearance of any link in a food chain will not affect the ecosystem as other alternatives are there.
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