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Answer: (d) significance of diversity

Paul Ehrlich’s rivet popper hypothesis compares an ecosystem to an aeroplane and its species to the rivets holding it together. Losing a few rivets (species) may not cause harm at once, but as more are lost the plane (ecosystem) becomes weak and finally fails; loss of a key rivet (key species) can be disastrous at once. It thus explains the significance of diversity for the stability of an ecosystem.

Doubtly AI · 29 Oct 2026 AI-verified · Nov 2026 Report
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