The idiosyncratic hypothesis suggests that:

A. Ecosystem function changes unpredictably as the number of species increases or decreases.
B. Ecosystem function decreases as the number of species decreases.
C. Ecosystem function changes in a predictable, but non-linear manner with a change in species number.
D. Ecosystem function is independent of the number of species.
E. Ecosystem function decreases as the number of species increases.


A. Ecosystem function changes unpredictably as the number of species increases or decreases.

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