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Why is higher species diversity important for an environment?

Group of answer choices

It reduces the number of food chains to one

It prevents any change in climate

It guarantees no species will ever go extinct

It increases the overall stability of the environment

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It increases the overall stability of the environment.

Higher species diversity provides functional redundancy and more complex food webs, which makes ecosystems more resilient to disturbances, environmental change, pests and disease. The other choices are incorrect.