Ideally, these would perform equivalent tasks based on domain forces, rather than a common ancestor or evolutionary relationship.
[1] Due to the fact that a majority of these creatures share an ecological niche, it is practical to assume they require similar structures in order to achieve the greatest amount of fitness.
This refers to such as the ability to successfully reproduce to create offspring, and furthermore sustain life by avoiding predators and sharing meals.
These groups share an indistinguishable part within their energy flow, providing a key position within food chains and relationships within environment(s).
[2] An ecosystem is the biological organization that defines and expands on various environment factors, abiotic and biotic, that relate to simultaneous interaction.
[3] Whether it be a producer or relative consumer, each and every piece of life maintains a critical position in the ongoing survival rates of its own surroundings.
As it pertains, a functional group shares a very specific role within any given ecosystem and the process of cycling vitality.
[15] Studies relating to functional diversity and redundancy occur in a large proportion of conservation and ecological research.
Alterations to landscapes are often accompanied with negative side effects including fragmentation, species losses, and nutrient runoff, which can effect the stability of an ecosystem, productivity of an ecosystem, and the functional diversity and functional redundancy by decreasing species diversity.
It has been shown that intense land use affects both the species diversity and functional overlap, leaving the ecosystem and organisms in it vulnerable.
Higher species diversity can lead to an increase in overall ecosystem productivity, but does not necessarily insure the security of functional overlap.
[22] A recent paper has stated that until a more accurate measuring technique is universally used, it is too early to determine which species, or functional groups, are most vulnerable and susceptible to extinction.