Question

high biodiversity
resilience

• definition:
• high resilience means ...
• low resilience means ...

high biodiversity leads to high / low resilience.
examine the two food webs. use a highlighter to identify all the organisms that would be affected if the python was removed.
image of ecosystem a food web

Explanation:

1. Resilience Definition: Ecosystem resilience is the ability of an ecosystem to recover or adapt after a disturbance.
2. High Resilience: The ecosystem can quickly recover and maintain function after disruption, with stable populations and interactions.
3. Low Resilience: The ecosystem struggles to recover from disturbances, often losing species or functional balance.
4. Biodiversity & Resilience: More species mean redundant roles, so high biodiversity supports high resilience.
5. Python Removal Impact: In Ecosystem A, the python preys on the mouse and potentially the bat. Removing it would increase mouse and bat populations, which then affects their predators (fox, owl, eagle) and their food sources (plants, insects). The eagle, fox, owl, mouse, bat, insects, and the plants the mouse/bat rely on would all be affected.

Answer:

• Definition: The ability of an ecosystem to recover from disturbance.
• High resilience means: Ecosystem recovers quickly after disruption.
• Low resilience means: Ecosystem struggles to recover post-disturbance.
• High biodiversity leads to high resilience.
• Affected organisms (Ecosystem A): Mouse, bat, fox, owl, eagle, insects, and the plants consumed by mice/bats.