There’s a theory in ecology, called the Gleason Rivet Hypothesis. The premise is that there are about 8 spp. that hold together an ecosystem, but we don’t know which ones they are. Thus, like rivets on an airplane, you want to keep them all intact.
From my perspective? soil fauna/microbes. No cycling of nutrients? no decay? world of hurt soon to follow.
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There’s a theory in ecology, called the Gleason Rivet Hypothesis. The premise is that there are about 8 spp. that hold together an ecosystem, but we don’t know which ones they are. Thus, like rivets on an airplane, you want to keep them all intact.
From my perspective? soil fauna/microbes. No cycling of nutrients? no decay? world of hurt soon to follow.