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Nature's capacity to 'bounce back' when species are lost is vastly overestimated, global analysis finds

The idea that ecosystems carry plenty of backup, so if a small number of species become extinct there is little harm, has been greatly overestimated, according to the largest global study of its kind.

Nature's capacity to 'bounce back' when species are lost is vastly overestimated, global analysis finds

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