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Author: Matthew Douglas, Jung Choi, Mary Ann Clark
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Chapter 46, Problem 4RQ
The ability of an ecosystem to return to its equilibrium state after an environmental disturbance is called.__________
- resistance
- restoration
- reformation
- resilience
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