They all do the same, but we still need them
Who needs redundancy? Well, everyone, it turns out.
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Ecological redundancy (also: functional redundancy or functional equivalence): the ecological phenomena that multiple species representing a variety of taxonomic groups can share similar roles in ecosystem functionality
Legume: a plant in the Fabaceae family
Nitrogen fixation: the chemical process by which atmospheric nitrogen is assimilated into organic compounds
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Clarke DM & Hollister I. (2010) Introduction to Redundancy. Safety and Reliability 30:4, 4-15. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1...
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Paine, RT (1966). Food web complexity and species diversity. American Naturalist 100: 65– 75. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2459379