Explain the relationships between ecosystem stability, diversity, succession and habitat. Key Questions! What is ecosystem stability? What is diversity? What is succession? What is a habitat and how does it link to these? How does diversity change through succession? How does habitat diversity affect species and genetic diversity? A complex ecosystem has a variety of energy and nutrient pathways. Does this provide / take away from stability? How do human activities affect succession? “Human activities often simplify ecosystems”. What does this mean? What affects an ecosystems capacity to survive change?