Increasing stress levels on biomes would result in all of the following except

a. massive loss of biodiversity
b. increased crop production
c. accelerated projected climate change
d. higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
e. replacement of one biome by another


Ans: b. increased crop production

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