EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Greater biodiversity in ecosystems, species, and individuals leads to greater stability. For example, species with high genetic diversity and many populations that are adapted to a wide variety of conditions are more likely to be able to weather disturbances, disease, and climate change.

Detailed explanation-2: -That is, biodiversity can increase overall ecosystem stability when biodiversity is low, and decrease it when biodiversity is high, or the opposite with a U-shaped relationship.

Detailed explanation-3: -When an ecosystem has high biodiversity it is always more stable than an ecosystem that has low biodiversity. A monoculture is when an ecosystem has only one prominent species and has very low biodiversity. Low biodiversity is when there are a few prominent species and a low number of other species within the habitat.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ecosystem stability is the ability of an ecosystem to maintain a steady state, even after a stress or disturbance has occurred.

Detailed explanation-5: -The two key components of ecosystem stability are resilience and resistance. Resistance is an ecosystem’s ability to remain stable when confronted with a disturbance. Resilience is the speed at which an ecosystem recovers from a disturbance.