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What animal or insect going extinct would have the greatest impact on the ecosystem? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by MadCybertist@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Curious on some replies here. I always hear having bees go instinct would be horrible for us. Curious if that’s the worse?

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[–] Track_Shovel 1 points 1 year ago

The word you're looking for is extinct.

There's a theory in ecology, called the Gleason Rivet Hypothesis. The premise is that there are about 8 spp. that hold together an ecosystem, but we don't know which ones they are. Thus, like rivets on an airplane, you want to keep them all intact.

From my perspective? soil fauna/microbes. No cycling of nutrients? no decay? world of hurt soon to follow.