In an airplane (ecosystem), all parts are joined together using thousands of rivets (species).
If every passenger travelling in it, starts popping a rivet to take home (causing a species to become extinct), it may not affect the flight safety (proper functioning of ecosystem) initially, but as more and more rivets are removed, the plane becomes dangerously weak after some time.
Further, which rivet is removed may also be critical loss of rivets on the wings. (Key species that drive major ecosystem function) is obviously a more serious threat to flight safety than loss of a few rivets on the seats or windows inside the plane.
Explain rivet popper hypothesis. Name the ecologist who proposed it.
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Pradeep
Rivet popper hypothesis