Question

Why does an increased amount of biodiversity/complexity in an ecosystem allow it to respond better after a disturbance?

Answer 1

Answer:

Higher biodiversity seems to be associated with a better response to disturbance events

Explanation:

Biodiversity means 'the variety of life'. Disturbance processes modify the environment and also affect demographic processes such as growth, recruitment, survivorship, etc., thereby producing changes in biodiversity. In an ecosystem, biodiversity contributes to its sustainability. In this regard, it has been shown that disturbance events are less important in species-rich ecosystems such as tropical wet forests compared to less rich ones (such as dry forests). The communities with higher biodiversity levels are known to be more productive in terms of biomass, and thus they seem to be more stable (and successful) to disturbance events.