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Introduction: Every species in an environment plays a crucial role in maintaining the balance of the environment. The variation and the variety of both flora and fauna population of a habitat is called as biodiversity. Greater the diversity of a habitat better is the stability. If the biodiversity shifts in a particular direction, the ecological balance of the habitat is also altered.
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