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Biology · 2025 · 2 marks
CBSE 2025 · Region 2 · Set 3 · Q21
State the conclusions derived by David Tilman's long term ecosystem experiments using outdoor plots.
State the conclusions derived by David Tilman's long term ecosystem experiments using outdoor plots.
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The plots with more species showed less year to year variation in total biomass , Plots with increased diversity contributed to high productivity
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