Biodiversity Basics

High biodiversity helps change the landscape to support new species when they arrive.

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High biodiversity ensures that organisms from different species can mate and create new species.

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High biodiversity makes the food web more complex and better able to support the most species, even if some populations decrease.

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High biodiversity ensures that many different ecological niches (jobs, roles) are filled, which helps the ecosystem function well.

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High biodiversity makes it more likely that the ecosystem will be able to keep functioning after a disturbance, such as disease or natural disaster.

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High biodiversity in an ecosystem makes it less likely that an animal or a plant will get a disease.

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High biodiversity helps an organism to adapt to its environment so it can survive and pass on its traits.

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High biodiversity makes an ecosystem more sustainable because the food web is stronger and organisms perform a wide variety of functions.

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A stable ecosystem typically has high biodiversity.

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High biodiversity is a sign of a healthy ecosystem.

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