Ecosystem resilience increases with species diversity against species loss

Evidence

Biodiversity refers to all of the different species of plants and animals, from micro-organisms to large predators living in a particular region who are interdependent upon one another and thus combine to make a living system in a particular place or region (sometimes referred to as a bio-region). Quinn’s novel teaches that the more different species an ecosystem has living in it, the more apt it is to survive the death of a particular species; whereas if there are few species living in one system, the death of one could mean the collapse of the system. — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 314

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clearly defines biodiversity and the diversity-equals-resilience rationale.
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source
• XREF: connects to: Fire suppression restructures the whole ecosystem and reduces overall wildlife diversity — Miron L. Heinselman, Fire in the Virgin Forests of the…, 442; Unrelated sessile communities obey the same disturbance-diversity rule — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural…, 300; Resilience and stability are distinct ecological concepts describing different recovery properties — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 1907 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Biodiversity protects systems from collapse while monocultures die wholesale under disease. #corroborates (0.85) — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 1418
• Diversified flexibility confers resilience in unpredictable environments across scales #corroborates (0.80) — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss, 343
• Resilience and stability are distinct ecological concepts describing different recovery properties #qualifies (0.75) — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 1907
• Conservation must protect disturbance regimes, not just taxa, to preserve biodiversity #expands (0.75) — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 1120
• Unrelated sessile communities obey the same disturbance-diversity rule #expands (0.72) — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss, 300