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“The web of life is seamless and the consequences of disruption to one part of the ecosystem ripple throughout the whole.” Elaborate.

  • UPSC 2022, 2019, 2010, 2006, 2001, 1992, 1989
  • Environmental Geography

The statement makes two claims: species are bound into one web of feeding and non-feeding links, and a shock to any strand propagates indirectly to species it never touches directly. “Everything is connected to everything else.” — Barry Commoner

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