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प्रश्न
How is biodiversity important for ecosystem functioning?
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उत्तर
Biodiversity is of utmost importance for maintaining standard ecosystem functions and serves as an insurance policy against environmental changes or rare events that could impair those functions. Directly, rich biodiversity is vital for managing ecosystems, executing habitat restoration, and assisting in landscape planning. Furthermore, through long-term ecosystem experiments, David Tilman concluded that increased diversity directly contributes to higher productivity. Ultimately, rich biodiversity is not only essential for overall ecosystem health but is also imperative for the very survival of the human race on this planet.
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What characteristics make a community stable?
According to David Tilman, greater the diversity, greater is the primary productivity. Can you think of a very low diversity man-made ecosystem that has high productivity?
Elaborate how invasion by an alien species reduces the species diversity of an area.
Can you think of a scientific explanation, besides analogy used by Paul Ehrlich, for the direct relationship between diversity and stability of an ecosystem?
Explain briefly the ‘rivet popper hypothesis’ of Paul Ehrlich.
Match List I with List II-
| List-I | List-II |
| A. Robert May | I. Species-Area relationship |
| B. Alexander von Humboldt | II. Long term ecosystem experiment using outdoor plots |
| C. Paul Ehrlich | III. Global species diversity at about 7 million |
| D. David Tilman | IV. Rivet popper hypothesis |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Identify the INCORRECT statement.
Among ‘The Evil Quartet’, which one is considered the most important cause driving extinction of species?
Which characteristic of an ecosystem is ensured by high species diversity, resulting in consistent year-to-year biomass productivity?
According to David Tilman's long-term outdoor plot experiments, what significant observation was made about species-rich communities regarding total biomass variation?
How do diverse ecosystems respond to natural or man-made disturbances?
In Paul Ehrlich's Rivet Popper Hypothesis, what does an ecosystem represent?
According to the Rivet Popper Hypothesis, what do individual species represent in the ecosystem?
Beyond ecosystem health, what broader imperative does preserving rich biodiversity serve?
