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Under the Redundancy Hypothesis, If One Species Is Removed from an Ecosystem

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Under the redundancy hypothesis, if one species is removed from an ecosystem, then another organism in that ecosystem that occupies a similar niche will take its place, leading to minimal disruption.


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