Who proposed the rivet popper hypothesis?

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(B) The rivet popper hypothesis was proposed by Paul Ehrlich. This hypothesis uses an analogy of an airplane to explain the importance of species dive

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(B) The rivet popper hypothesis was proposed by Paul Ehrlich. This hypothesis uses an analogy of an airplane to explain the importance of species diversity in an ecosystem. In this analogy,the ecosystem is compared to an airplane,and the species are compared to the rivets holding the parts together. If passengers start popping rivets (removing species) one by one,the plane may initially remain safe,but as more rivets are removed,the plane becomes dangerously weak,eventually leading to a crash (ecosystem collapse).

Column-$I$	Column-$II$
$(A)$ Narrowly utilitarian argument	$(i)$ Conserving biodiversity for major ecosystem services
$(B)$ Broadly utilitarian argument	$(ii)$ Every species has an intrinsic value and moral duty to pass our biological legacy in good order to future generations
$(C)$ Ethical argument	$(iii)$ Receiving benefits like food,medicine and industrial products

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