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The impact of loss of biodiversity inclu...

The impact of loss of biodiversity includes
(a) decline in plant production
(b) lowered resistance to environmental perturbations
(c) increased variability in ecosystem processes like plant productivity, water use, pest and disease cycles
(d) all of these

A

decline in plant production

B

lowered resistance to environmental perturbations

C

increased variability in ecosystem processes like plant prodcutivity, water use, pest and disease cycles

D

all of these

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