As biodiversity increases in an ecosystem, what else increases? a. artificial selection b. extinction c. genetic drift d. stability

D. stability is the answer.

The correct answer would be D. stability

Biodiversity refers to the sum total of different types of organisms living in a world or in a specific region.

Increased biodiversity have lots of benefits for an ecosystem, for example,

increased biodiversity increases the health of an ecosystem, it increases the overall productivity of the ecosystem, it increases the resistance of an ecosystem against any natural disaster such as drought, flood, et cetera.

Thus, increased biodiversity would increase the stability of the ecosystem.

One of the effects of Stalin's Five Year Plans was that "d. Heavy industry expanded", since these plans were meant to quickly industrialize the USSR, which was "behind" the west in this regard.