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How is biodiversity important for ecosystem functioning?
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Biology

Class 12

NCERT

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NCERT
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Chapter 1: Reproduction in Organisms

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Chapter 2: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

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Chapter 3: Human Reproduction

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Chapter 4: Reproductive Health

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Chapter 5: Principles of Inheritance and Variation

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Chapter 6: Molecular Basis of Inheritance

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Chapter 7: Evolution

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Chapter 8: Human Health and Disease

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Chapter 9: Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production

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Chapter 10: Microbes in Human Welfare

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Chapter 11: Biotechnology: Principles and Processes

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Chapter 12: Biotechnology and its Applications

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Chapter 13: Organisms and Populations

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Chapter 14: Ecosystem

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Chapter 15: Biodiversity and Conservation

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Biodiversity is the variety of life forms in an ecosystem. An ecosystem which is rich in biodiversity stabilises the net productivity and make the ecosystem more resistant to exotic species.
It maintains the ecosystem by maintaining the food chain. Healthy food chain contains a variety of organisms in each trophic level which helps in energy flow in successive trophic level. Therefore, biodiversity is important to the ecosystem.

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How is biodiversity important for ecosystem functioning?
Updated OnNov 4, 2022
TopicBiodiversity and Conservation
SubjectBiology
ClassClass 12
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