Question

“what escapes the eye…is a much more insidious kind of extinction: the extinction of ecological interactions.” Why is this important to the concept of trophic downgrading and how does it relate to other topics such as mass extinctions and invasive species? offer at least three unique and insightful contributions to the discussion. The discussion contributions should be well thought-out and offer insight, examples, and counterpoints.

Answer 1

Yes, whatever escapes the eye is a much more insidious kind of extinction which is the extinction of ecological interactions. It is important to the concept of trophic downgrading because of the following reasons:

• If any escapes from our eye is a matter of loss of our environment
• this loss will affect the ecological balance of the planet
• it will affect the different cycle of the planet and many more

It is related to the mass extinctions and invasive species because of the correlation of these species which were extinct in the larger period of time and affected this planet.

Do we think that we can live without other species on this planet?

Certainly not, it will affect our environment and this effect on the species which lives on it and will cause the huge imbalance to the planet and most importantly, it may be the reason for the destruction of this planet.