linking biodiversity and ecosystem services

Question 1

Keystone relationships

Answer 1

are not affected if non-keystone species stop their task; it changes drastically if keystone species is lost

Question 2

Liner relationships

Answer 2

can be fragile as certain functions depend on only one species

Question 3

Redundant relationships

Answer 3

are not affected by non-redundant species because functionality will not decrease ; this type of ecosystem is stable because there are multiple organisms doing the same function

Question 4

ecosystem function and services have a _____ relationship

Answer 4

LINEAR

Question 5

implications

Answer 5

• Biodiversity conservation efforts
• ecosystem and environmental management
• urban planning
• maximizing ecosystem services
• economic value, income, and wellbeing
• ecological and environmental engineering